Dickie injury still unknown, says Skubala

Bristol City are still waiting to hear the extent of Rob Dickie's injury after the centre-back was carried off during their last game.

Dickie went down holding his knee midway through the second half of the defeat by Lincoln, but 48 hours later manager Michael Skubala said they still were not sure what his prognosis is.

"It could be a long time, it could be not so long but he's seeing a specialist today so by tomorrow or definitely by Monday we'll have a bit more information on that," Skubala told BBC Radio Bristol.

Skubala added that other than knowing it is related to his knee they also do not know the specifics of the injury.

"[We're] not fully sure yet," he said. "It's one of those things where until the specialist has said what it is - it is something to do with his knee."

On a more positive note for Skubala, fellow centre-back Luke McNally played his first minutes for the Robins' under-21 side this week since suffering his own serious knee injury 19 months ago.

McNally returned to training earlier this summer but Skubala stressed that he is still a number of steps in his recovery away from returning to first-team selection.

"He got through 45 minutes but it's different intensity with the under-21s," Skubala said.

"That's the first step, he's been taking all the little baby steps but he's got a few more of them to do before he's fully in with us or fully near selection.

"That's going to take time because it isn't just a case of like other players that come back - 45 minutes and they're straight back with the first-team and selection.

"We've got to build his minutes up because we're still trying to make his body strong."