Strachan bemoans Flood luck

Gordon Strachan has expressed his sympathy for Willo Flood after the luckless midfielder's latest injury.

Boro boss feels for midfielder after injury in comeback game

Middlesbrough boss Gordon Strachan has expressed his sympathy for Willo Flood after the luckless midfielder's latest injury. The 25-year-old suffered a dislocated knee after an accidental collision with team-mate Matthew Bates in the 3-1 defeat to Ipswich on Saturday. The match was Flood's comeback game from a serious knee ligament injury sustained against Cardiff in February and afterwards Strachan bemoaned the midfielder's bad luck. But, on a more positive note, the Boro boss was pleased to see Bates return after the fourth serious knee injury of his career. Strachan told the club's official website: "We'll not see Willo for a long time because that's a bad injury. "The rest of us think we've had a bad day but he's had a horrific day. "He's well loved and a character in the dressing room so he's been very unlucky, especially having just come back from another long-term injury. "But it was good to see Matthew Bates back because he's had a long, hard road to recovery."