Prior to their match against Hull City, Coventry City receives a triple injury boost.
According to a report from Coventry Live writer Andy Turner, Coventry City manager Mark Robins has announced that three players have been cleared to play against Hull City on Friday night.
While two Sky Blues players are still uncertain about traveling to the North East, three players have been cleared to play against Hull.
Who has been certified as fit?
the left wing-back Despite being seen with a boot on after suffering an injury against Watford, Jay Dasilva has been practicing ever since and will play against the Tigers.Milan Van Ewijk, a right wingback who scored his first goal for the Sky Blues against Watford on a beautiful free kick, has been cleared to play against Hull.
Finally, deadline-day signing Liam Kitching has been suffering from an ongoing groin injury but has been declared fit to be involved in the match-day squad for Friday’s Championship clash.
Following the international break, Jamician internationals Kasey Palmer and Joel Latibeaudiere are expected to land back in the UK today (Thursday), but jet lag and fatigue could potentially rule them out of the trip to Hull City.
Midfield duo Jamie Allen and Callum O’Hare won’t be eligible to make the trip to the North East. Both players are returning from their individual absences, Allen (heart) and O’Hare (ACL).
Both players have been training with the first team during the international break, but the game will come too soon for both players.
As a Skyblues fan, to hear that Dasilva and Van Ewijk are fit to feature is a big plus, which has been made better by Liam Kitching being in line to make his debut for the first team.
Allen and O’Hare weren’t expected to return so their absences won’t cause an issue. However, Palmer and Latibeaudiere would be a loss if they aren’t fit enough to feature against Hull.
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Mark Robins admits he doesn’t yet know if international duo Kasey Palmer and Joel Latibeaudiere will be fit to play in Coventry City’s match at Hull on Friday night.
The pair have been away with Jamaica and played two games over the international break, the last of which was as recently as Wednesday in Kingston when Palmer featured for the full 90 minutes and Latibeaudiere for just over an hour.
The switching of the Championship fixture to Friday – due to the MKM Stadium being used for the city’s rugby league side fixture on Saturday – has not helped the Sky Blues ’ preparations, with the City pair only landing back in the UK from their long-haul trip on Thursday morning. Robins’ squad was due to travel this afternoon (Thurs) and is staying overnight ahead of Friday’s match.
It’s not known if Palmer and Latibeaudiere will be on the coach or join up with the group later tonight or even tomorrow morning.
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Asked about obvious concerns with jet-lag and fatigue, Robins told CoventryLive: “What it is is I’ve just got to see how they are. It’s just as simple as that. So without going into any detail – and I will talk to you about it at some point – but I’m looking to get the players out (for training) tomorrow and whoever’s selected, you will know if they’re ready to go. And it will be in a difficult game because they’re a good side.”
Asked if they’ll be back in time to make the coach or whether they’ll be sent home to get a good night’s sleep before joining in the morning, Robins said: “There’s a specific plan for them and we need to do that. Obviously you don’t lump everybody in the same and you don’t treat everybody the same because obviously they’ve had a different experience. And it’s different for them coming from a different time zone.
“So yeah, there’s a lot of work gone into that and the preparation and planning for how they’ve travelled back and what they do from now until kick-off.”
He added: “I’ll probably be able to share a little bit more after the game but you know, ultimately, there’s a lot of things to take into consideration, that’s for sure. But yeah, if the game was on Saturday there would be little to no real issue. But there is certainly a consideration to be made and discussions to be had and then obviously we’ve got our preparation to do today.”
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