Fri Oct 14, 2022 4:54 pm
Coventry City boss Mark Robins says midfield pair Callum O’Hare and Liam Kelly are closing in on a return to first team action - but will likely miss Saturday's clash with Cardiff City.
“Liam came through 45 minutes OK and had a decent run out and training on Thursday,” Robins said. “Callum is back in full training which is a big lift for everybody."
Asked if Kelly could be in line for minutes this weekend. Robins added: “He will be available next week. He needs to do some more training. He has an injury history and I want to make sure he gets more load into him and then see how he copes with that.
“There are bits and pieces that he’s still feeling so I feel it would be foolish to include him at this stage, so he won’t be involved tomorrow but hopefully he’ll be involved some time next week, depending how he goes through the next few days.”
However, Robins was a little more non-committal on the when O'Hare might return, adding: “It depends on the programme and depends on Callum.
“You know what he’s like. He’s back, he’s fit and it’s just a question of how much load he has got to get in his legs before he can join in, not necessarily needing an Under-21s game. But he’ll need to do specific work to get himself ready for it, and I might have to use him because of the nine games we have got in four weeks before the World Cup.
“So he may have to be involved and get his fitness and game time in the games. We just have to weigh that up, but it’s something we may have to do.”