ST MIRREN will discover on Thursday night the extent of the knee injury that could have ended Kyle Magennis’ season after he was stretchered off at Ibrox.
The midfielder was crocked in the opening minutes of the Buddies’ 1-0 defeat to Rangers last night and was it clear discomfort as he was carried down the tunnel.
Magennis will have a scan this morning and boss Goodwin said: “It‘s not looking great. He’s our captain on the night and he does a fantastic job for us.
“He’s going for a scan tomorrow morning but, at this moment in time, it’s not looking good.
“He’s definitely done ligaments, it’s just a question of whether it’s medial or cruciate. But it’s six to eight weeks, anyway.
“To lose a player as influential as Kyle, with such a serious injury, is so disappointing for him – and he’s going to be difficult to replace.”
Jermain Defoe netted the only goal of the game to earn victory for Steven Gerrard’s side as St Mirren were left with nothing to show for their efforts.
The visitors rarely ventured forward as they set up to stifle Rangers but Goodwin was pleased with their disciplined performance.
He said: “It’s like any other game against Celtic and Rangers, they’re pretty long nights.
“We knew we were going to give up a lot of possession. The shape of the team was very good, the boys stuck to the game plan.
“We knew we couldn’t have too much of a go because they would pick you off.
“They’ve put five past Aberdeen, Motherwell, Hearts … so you can’t be too vulnerable. I didn’t want to come here and have that kind of a scoreline.
“I was hoping we would be able to stay in the game for as long as we could.
“Unfortunately we lost the goal just after the half hour mark, a lapse in concentration.
“The game plan was up to me. The players stuck to it. If there is any negativity to come my way because of the way we set up, then fine.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here