Players on international duty

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Re: Players on international duty

by Hound » 12 Nov 2025 15:36

Yes we’ve played the system on this one

I don’t blame LR and co in the circumstances but we’ve plenty enough cover to have played

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Re: Players on international duty

by South Coast Royal » 12 Nov 2025 15:53

Tinpot Royal Or just get rid of International football


Or just play international matches in midweek.

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Re: Players on international duty

by Snowflake Royal » 12 Nov 2025 17:24

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Snowflake Royal They really need to introduce some criteria for a player on international duty to qualify for a game being called off.

It's ludicrous it can happen because a bunch of Unders with no prospect of playing in the League anyway are away on International duty.

Something like the Trophy qualifying rules... have to have 40 professional starts, be in top 10 starters for league games at the club this season, or started the last league game to count towards the number needed for moving a match.

5 league one games off on Saturday, maybe the international break should apply to the top three leagues in future, everyone knows where they stand then, especially if wanting to buy tickets


Agree - at least half the scheduled games are usually called off.

Also agree there should be rules around what counts as a "squad call up" as this time only really O'Mahoney has been involved regularly this season and even then he's largely been a sub recently.

But how many of them are called off just because a few kids who aren't going to play are on International duty?

Ours certainly.

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Re: Players on international duty

by Mid Sussex Royal » 12 Nov 2025 17:31

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MR. CYNICAL 5 league one games off on Saturday, maybe the international break should apply to the top three leagues in future, everyone knows where they stand then, especially if wanting to buy tickets


Agree - at least half the scheduled games are usually called off.

Also agree there should be rules around what counts as a "squad call up" as this time only really O'Mahoney has been involved regularly this season and even then he's largely been a sub recently.

But how many of them are called off just because a few kids who aren't going to play are on International duty?

Ours certainly.


Some are, some aren't....Cardiff have a number of starters in the Wales squad and going back to just last year we had the likes of Bindon, Savage (when he was Wales U21) & Garcia regularly called up who were all first team regulars. But we've def taken the piss this season.

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Re: Players on international duty

by MR. CYNICAL » 12 Nov 2025 19:05

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Agree - at least half the scheduled games are usually called off.

Also agree there should be rules around what counts as a "squad call up" as this time only really O'Mahoney has been involved regularly this season and even then he's largely been a sub recently.

But how many of them are called off just because a few kids who aren't going to play are on International duty?

Ours certainly.


Some are, some aren't....Cardiff have a number of starters in the Wales squad and going back to just last year we had the likes of Bindon, Savage (when he was Wales U21) & Garcia regularly called up who were all first team regulars. But we've def taken the piss this season.

And also you get some teams with maybe only their top player called up and they have to play, surely that's not fair. Think that happened to Exeter against us


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Re: Players on international duty

by MR. CYNICAL » 12 Nov 2025 19:07

Tinpot Royal Or just get rid of International football

I'll go along with that.

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Re: Players on international duty

by rabidbee » 12 Nov 2025 22:29

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Tinpot Royal Or just get rid of International football

I'll go along with that.

But how would Infantino become beat friends with murderous dictators and sex offenders then?

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