McCarthy revealed the mystery problem knocked City's No.1

Mick McCarthy:


Alex Smithies, went down inside the opening 10 minutes of the Robins clash owing to feeling unwell.

He missed the 2-1 triumph up at New York Stadium on Tuesday night, too, with Dillon Phillips taking his place between the sticks.

And McCarthy revealed the mystery problem knocked City's No.1 for six.




Mick McCarthy:


"Whatever it was, of all the times to get a virus that isn’t coronavirus, it completely wiped him out," McCarthy said of Smithies.

"He’s not available, he’s out. It really took it out of him.

"On the upside, Dillon was excellent. You don’t want players missing, but when you get players replacing them you want them to have a good performance and he did.

"There is only one slot as a goalkeeper and he was very good at both games. When he came on against Bristol, especially when they launched a free kick straight at him when he came on. He was very good the other night against a very tough opposition at Rotherham."

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Not saying i had the same thing,but i came down feeling awful the other day,was sick and thought "here we go" but it lasted most of the day,next day felt much better sick wise,but felt washed out completely!! Came out of absolutely nowhere too.euuuughhhh!!

Not saying i had the same thing,but i came down feeling awful the other day,was sick and thought "here we go" but it lasted most of the day,next day felt much better sick wise,but felt washed out completely!! Came out of absolutely nowhere too.euuuughhhh!!