Bristol City head coach Liam Manning says his squad will be “a little bit stretched” for Saturday’s trip to Norwich City due to a flurry of injuries, particularly to his defensive line.
Versatile midfielder Mark Sykes had to be substituted with a hamstring problem just six minutes into the Robins’ 2-1 defeat to Sheffield United on Tuesday and is now awaiting the results of his scans, as is defender Kal Naismith who was also withdrawn due to injury.
There is no update on right-back George Tanner and midfielder Joe Williams, who are both expected to be out for a “considerable amount of time”, full-back Ross McCrorie injured his hamstring at the end of October, while centre-back Luke McNally has a concussion and is being assessed accordingly.
Defender Robert Dickie returned from a hamstring injury last weekend but was sent off in injury time for a foul on Blades midfielder Callum O’Hare and is suspended for the trip to Carrow Road.
Meanwhile, left-back Haydon Roberts is available for selection after returning from his injury by replacing Cameron Pring in the midweek, with the latter also fit again following a lower leg laceration that kept him on the side lines for six weeks.
“It’s not something new and not specific to us,” Manning told BBC Radio Bristol in regards to their injury-hit season so far. “I think it’s something, across the game, that we have to really look into and analyse why.
“(We’re) a little bit stretched this weekend but after that, I’m hoping to have a few more bodies back”