Jatta and the Gambia

[nw6pie]

Is it three players you need to be missing to get a game postponed (AJ, JJ …) nowadays? I seem to recall us postponing games one season when we had three players away on international duty, though a few were for U-21 fixtures with the likes of Northern Ireland or Wales IIRC.

[OchPie]

Is it three players you need to be missing to get a game postponed (AJ, JJ …) nowadays? I seem to recall us postponing games one season when we had three players away on international duty, though a few were for U-21 fixtures with the likes of Northern Ireland or Wales IIRC.

You can get a postponement with three players on international duty, or not being able to put out 14 players including a goalkeeper from the first team squad list or U21s, I believe.

[SmiffyPie]

Bets on him comimg back injured?

[Med Pie]

He will be a big miss but correct me if I'm wrong, Notts can withhold his services if they deem it crucial to the club?

I don't think they would though but certainly, there are examples of Premier League clubs doing so.

[Bohinen]

Given that Notts have a strategy of improving younger players and increasing their value for later resale, it makes sense to allow or even encourage international appearances. Having said that, it looks like Musa Barrow is his main competition right now, and he played in Serie A for Bologna before moving to the Saudi league, so it might not be easy to force his way in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_Barrow

[1955pie]

Just been looking at Gambias' fixture list.
After this weekends 2 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying matches their next 2 are World Cup Qualifiers on the 17th & 24th March.
These are the weeks of our 2 home matches against Chesterfield and Crewe.
Then next season, they have their final 4 World Cup Qualifiers on 1st & 8th September and 6th & 13th October.
Additionally if they are successful in qualifying this weekend the Africa Cup of Nations Finals run from 21st Dec 2025 to 18th January 2026.

Another reason why we may need another top striker, especially next season.

[mattpie]

Just been looking at Gambias' fixture list.
After this weekends 2 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying matches their next 2 are World Cup Qualifiers on the 17th & 24th March.
These are the weeks of our 2 home matches against Chesterfield and Crewe.
Then next season, they have their final 4 World Cup Qualifiers on 1st & 8th September and 6th & 13th October.
Additionally if they are successful in qualifying this weekend the Africa Cup of Nations Finals run from 21st Dec 2025 to 18th January 2026.

Another reason why we may need another top striker, especially next season.

I don't think we'll have to worry about next season as yet: if we're up, we're happy in League One and will have a plan (funds?) for a replacement, if we're down, we'll have sold him anyway surely!

[nw6pie]

Interesting quote from Richard Montague about losing AJ on Saturday (said to NTT20):

“What I think is unfair is if you have one key player called up - in our case, Jatta - and don’t have the option to postpone a game. It’s obviously akin to a suspension, and perhaps acts as a disincentive to recruit players who might end up being called up.”

[ForeignLegion]

Interesting quote from Richard Montague about losing AJ on Saturday (said to NTT20):

?What I think is unfair is if you have one key player called up - in our case, Jatta - and don?t have the option to postpone a game. It?s obviously akin to a suspension, and perhaps acts as a disincentive to recruit players who might end up being called up.?

So what he is saying in effect, is that we won’t get anybody in that might get called up (ie: be any good) we will look at some more Ben Burger Van types who will never get called up and plunge us
back to mediocrity?

[maddogslater]

So what he is saying in effect, is that we won’t get anybody in that might get called up (ie: be any good) we will look at some more Ben Burger Van types who will never get called up and plunge us
back to mediocrity?

Try staying out the 🌞