Loss of Dickie a 'big hit' and Williams 'not good'

Bristol City head coach Gerhard Struber has described the injury loss of defender Rob Dickie for all-but the rest of the season as a "big hit".

The club confirmed before kick-off against Blackburn on Tuesday that Dickie is expected to be out for eight to 10 weeks with a hamstring issue, which also saw him miss the trip to Swansea on Saturday.

Dickie has started 29 of City's 34 Championship games this season and joins fellow centre-back Luke McNally, who has not played since February 2025, on the long-term injury list.

City are assessing defender Rob Atkinson who was substituted at half-time at Ewood Park with an ankle problem.

"Rob Dickie is not only an experienced player but he is also for this group a leader in the dressing room and this for us [is] a really important role," Struber told BBC Radio Bristol.

"He is a key player, how he build up our game, how he developed our game and with his personal power in first duels, box defending moments it's a big hit for us."

Struber also confirmed that Joe Williams is set to have a scan on a hamstring issue that also ruled him out of Tuesday's win.

"It looks not good at the moment, in the training [on Monday] he feels something again on his hamstring," Struber added.

"We know not exactly right now but the scan will give us a better picture and then we know more, but right now it looks not good with Joe Williams."