Josh Seberry: Newport County defender faces 'four or five' months out with broken leg

Newport defender Josh Seberry needed gas and air before being taken off on a stretcher in the loss at Notts County

Newport County defender Josh Seberry faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a broken right leg.

Seberry, 19, was carried off the pitch on a stretcher after 32 minutes of Newport's 3-0 League Two defeat at Notts County on Tuesday.

The Irishman was taken to hospital on the night but travelled home with the squad and is now awaiting outcome of scans.

"We are 90% sure he will need surgery," manager Graham Coughlan said.

"It's a four or five-month injury with the surgery... it's a tough one for the young lad because he has been doing ever so well."

The club have reached out to Seberry's family in Ireland, who were watching the game on the club's i-follow service.

Coughlan said: "It was difficult and it would have been any parent's nightmare watching their son on the television and all of a sudden the gas and air and stretchers coming on the pitch.

"We were all the same, we were all a bit shocked and hurting. Thank God we had (new physiotherapist) Sophie Birnie with us, it was her second game and she handled the incident brilliantly and we were in very good hands."

Seberry adds to the club's long-term injury list with Adam Lewis, James Clarke, Kyle Jameson, Harry Charsley, Seb Palmer-Houlden and Offrande Zanzala all out.

Newport travel to Gillingham on Saturday after just one win in the last 10 league games and Coughlan having admitted he felt "cornered" in the wake of the defeat at Notts County.

He explained: "I need the players to give me something back. I will fight for them every day of the week, I argue and fight with them but I also argue and fight for them.

"I have mental toughness, I have character, I have resilience but I want my players to show that. Sometimes you have to motivate the motivator. I have fought for these guys all the way through ever since I have known them, I will continue to do that.

"I won't let anyone say anything bad about them (but) I need them to give me something back, give me a pick-me-up. My missus and kids put me back together every weekend, patch me back together and put me back in the fight ready for Monday morning.

"It's on the players. I am asking the players to have a little fight for me, give me something at the end of the game. I understand they are battling and fighting, we can all see that. That is never in question or doubt.

"But in every game of football you make hundreds of decisions. The majority of decisions we are making are good decisions, but its just one or two that we are making and we occasionally get punished for them. I just want them, if we can, to make every decision a good decision."