Stephen Robinson questions why Newell's injury has gone under radar
The youngster broke his cheekbone in a collision with Kari Arnason
Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson believes there was a big difference in reactions following George Newell's broken cheekbone at Hampden.
Newell is out for the rest of the season after being caught by Kari Arnason's arm in an aerial duel during Motherwell's 3-0 Scottish Cup semi-final win over Aberdeen on Saturday.
Well striker Ryan Bowman was at the centre of a media storm when his flailing arm broke the nose of Rangers defender Fabio Cardoso during the Lanarkshire club's first semi-final win of the season.
Ibrox defender Bruno Alves and Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers were among those to publicly raise concerns after the game.
But Newell's injury was a footnote to Motherwell's latest Hampden triumph.
Robinson said: "He has had an incredibly bad run of luck with injuries, freak injuries that really can't be helped.
"We don't go shouting and moaning about things in the press but it's a bad injury for the boy. He'll come back stronger and hopefully his luck will start to change.''
Robinson added: "We're a club that get on with it. Had it been us, I'm sure it would have been plastered all over the place. But that's what you have to contend with.
"We just get on with things. We don't shout and scream about things.
"They boy has had a bad injury. I'm not saying there was any intent at all, it's one of those where there is a collision.
"He's been very unlucky, a wee bit naive maybe that he doesn't protect himself a bit more.''
Newell's injury leaves Robinson short of strikers for the cup final, with on-loan Celtic striker Nadir Ciftci ineligible against his parent club.
And he has a more pressing concern for Saturday's trip to face Ross County as Ciftci is out with an ankle knock and Bowman is struggling with illness.
Robinson has added 17-year-old James Scott to his squad but will not overprotect his two-goal Hampden hero Curtis Main ahead of the May 19 clash with the Hoops.
"I wish I had the choice,'' Robinson said. At this moment Curtis is probably our only fit striker.
"But players don't want to miss games, they are desperate to play and desperate to go into the final in good form and with momentum. You rest players for two weeks and they don't feel sharp in their minds.
"It's a fine balancing act but I don't have resources to rest players.''
Robinson insisted Motherwell had no scope for dropping their standards despite being 12 points ahead of second-bottom County with five Ladbrokes Premiership games left.
"The intensity in training hasn't dropped at all,'' he said. First and foremost we need the points to guarantee our safety so by no means will we be throwing any towel in and waiting for the cup final.'