Hull City's promotion charge rocked by Paul McShane injury lay-off
HULL City defender Paul McShane appears unlikely to play again this season after scans revealed he damaged ankle ligaments in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest.
McShane was forced off after 28 minutes of the weekend loss and although x-rays returned clear on Saturday evening, MRI scans on his right ankle yesterday have confirmed fears of ligament damage. A visit to a specialist is expected to shed further light on the extent of his lay-off.
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Injury: Hull City's Paul McShane
With less than seven weeks of the Tigers' promotion challenge remaining, it leaves the Republic of Ireland international facing an uphill battle to play any further part in the season.
Although City are blessed with strength in depth at central defence, with James Chester, Jack Hobbs, Alex Bruce, Abdoulaye Faye and Ahmed Fathi all available, the loss of McShane will be a blow for manager Steve Bruce.
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The 27-year-old fans' favourite has enjoyed a resurgent season at the KC Stadium, making 27 league and cup appearances.
McShane's current contract is due to expire this summer, but he has received assurances from Bruce that a fresh offer will be forthcoming.
6 Comments
by tiggerjack
Thursday, March 21 2013, 1:50AM
“don't sell mcshane....super paul mcshane......i just don't think you'd understand.....”
by SnothillBaz
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 3:50PM
“McShane has been fantastic all season, all the squad owe him back-time, the best payback would be auto promo at the end of the season! Do it for Macca!”
by ianhale1965
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 3:16PM
“Hey Paul, I feel for you, you have been a rock for City this season but now you miss the run in. You have been instrumental in a wonderful season....... Come on guys do it for Paul, get him a season in the Premiership, would be well deserved!!!!!!”
by Sadcity
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 1:04PM
“Huge blow - we seemed to lose something when he went off against Forest on Saturday.”
by hovetiger
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 11:58AM
“For me this means getting Faye back into the middle of the 3 with Hobbs and Chester on either side. Although this will mean we have very little pace at the back, we will be better organised and more capable of dealing with the long ball. Faye also has the experience of leading a promotion charge. Shame for McShane; never was a fan to be honest as he seemed very limited and made too many mistakes but he has won me over...in fact he has been our best defender since Xmas!”
by Vedite
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 11:09AM
“We aren't having much luck with injuries.”