Mowbray Managing Armstrong

Last updated : 29 October 2015 By CNS Staff

Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray has said that he is doing his best to look after loanee from Newcastle United Adam Armstrong.

The City boss told the Coventry Telegraph's Alan Poole: “You have to look after players and employ a degree of rotation, especially in the final third because that’s where you need to be dynamic so there’s more danger of players picking up injuries.

“But the temptation is always to start with Adam and even leave him on the pitch when he’s looking a little bit jaded.

“More experienced and better managers than me have pointed out that you’re only as good as your goal-scorers. There are a lot of tight games in this division and a player like Adam can turn a defeat into a draw or a draw into a victory in the blink of an eye.

“But we have to be mindful that Adam isn’t a robot – he’s an 18-year-old boy who will break down if we push him too hard and Newcastle wouldn't thank us for that,”