John Eustace felt his dismissal against Coventry City was unjust and hopes to be on the touchline against Leicester City.

The head coach has been charged by The FA for improper conduct after being sent to the stand for an altercation with Kasey Palmer. The midfielder was booked but Eustace was sent to the stands.

Eustace disputes that he was aggressive towards Palmer and admits he would be disappointed if he is banned from the touchline. The boss has until Friday afternoon to respond to the charge.

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"I was just trying to get the ball back, the lad was in my technical area," Eustace said.

"I was just trying to get the ball back as quickly as I could. I don't think I was aggressive in any manner at all.

"It is what it is, it happened. The staff took over and the lads were fantastic.

"I hope we'll find out in the next day or so and know the outcome.

"We have fantastic staff, I can still get my messages down to the boys. It would be very disappointing, I'd rather be down with the boys.

"If not, I have full trust in the staff. It's not about me, it's about the team, I am not worried about it at the moment.

"It's about preparing this football club to get the right result on Saturday and then I'll deal with that afterwards."

The case should be resolved before Saturday, though it may depend on how quickly The FA can put together an appeal panel. If Eustace is banned, he will be forced to watch from up above.

It is not uncommon for head coaches to adopt that approach of their own volition, albeit ulikely with so much riding on final day. Sam Allardyce would regular adopt that position when at Ewood Park.

"You see a different game, I gave the information to the staff which they took on board," Eustace admitted, asked on the differing view.

"It does help sometimes and in the first 20 minutes, you can see how the game is going and how to adapt and maybe change things.

"Every manager is different, I am not against it at all and watching games but I'd rather be on the side with the state of our game and be next to the boys.

"It's a different angle but I'd rather be down on the side, cheering on the boys."