'Tight-knit' - Mark Robins on team morale after Coventry City's latest injury setback
'He'll get his surgery, do his rehabilitation and hopefully we can get him back as quickly as possible' Coventry City boss Mark Robins reflects on another injury nightmare for Sky Blues
Andy TurnerSky Blues Reporter
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Mark Robins has admitted that the injury to Wesley Jobello may have affected his Coventry City players.
Jobello is City's latest ACL injury victim and how that may have disrupted the mindset of his players ahead of their dismal defeat at Rotherham.
While not using the dreadful news as an excuse for City's 4-0 thrashing at the New York Stadium , the Sky Blues boss feels the blow to the Frenchman may well have affected his team-mates.
"We only found out this morning and it's terrible for Wes," revealed Robins, reflecting on the club's sixth player to suffer the same knee injury in just over two years.
Tony Andreu, Max Biamou, Jodi Jones (twice), Dan Bartlett and Reise Allassani have all suffered the same injury, the latter two in the same week last month.
"He's just come over from France and been brilliant for us.
"They are a tight-knit bunch so I don't know how much it has affected them. It's certainly affected the morale of the players, clearly, because they are close.
"It's no excuse for any performance today. Today was just one of those days where we have got to accept that it's happened and get past it; learn from it and move on. But it really is devastating news."
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Asked how and when the 25-year-old did it, the manager said: "It was really innocuous. He did it in training on Thursday and went for his scan on Friday.
"His knee didn't really swell and it was fairly stable but it's come back that he's done his ACL and it's just devastating.
"He'll get his surgery, do his rehabilitation and hopefully we can get him back as quickly as possible. It's a big blow on the day of a game, and for them to find out it was a blow.
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"But we have to get over that and get back on it."
He added: "He's always been a positive character. He's obviously down at the minute, and understandably so, but until we understand the extent of damage he doesn't really know what he's facing.
"He's unsure until they go into the knee. It maybe nine months, it may be 12 months. We have to wait and see and make sure he comes back as strong as possible. But yes, it's a blow."
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