Whilst accepting this is an academic question, but I notice that Yeovil's game has been postponed, presumably due to 3 or more international call-ups? As County also have 3 this weekend i.e. Foulston, Collins & Marsh-Brown would we have been eligible for a postponement also or not? Maybe Collins doesn't count as an academy player?

OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote:Whilst accepting this is an academic question, but I notice that Yeovil's game has been postponed, presumably due to 3 or more international call-ups? As County also have 3 this weekend i.e. Foulston, Collins & Marsh-Brown would we have been eligible for a postponement also or not? Maybe Collins doesn't count as an academy player?

I am not totally sure but also wondered if it was because foulston and Collins have been called up to Wales U19 and not u21 or first team

Edit: found a link that says my thoughts above are correct
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/fo ... 322598/amp

The players need to be in their respective nation’s senior or under-21 squad

Ugo. wrote:

OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote:Whilst accepting this is an academic question, but I notice that Yeovil's game has been postponed, presumably due to 3 or more international call-ups? As County also have 3 this weekend i.e. Foulston, Collins & Marsh-Brown would we have been eligible for a postponement also or not? Maybe Collins doesn't count as an academy player?

I am not totally sure but also wondered if it was because foulston and Collins have been called up to Wales U19 and not u21 or first team

Edit: found a link that says my thoughts above are correct
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/fo ... 322598/amp

The players need to be in their respective nation’s senior or under-21 squad

Thanks for the clarification.

OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote:

Ugo. wrote:

OLDCROMWELLIAN wrote:Whilst accepting this is an academic question, but I notice that Yeovil's game has been postponed, presumably due to 3 or more international call-ups? As County also have 3 this weekend i.e. Foulston, Collins & Marsh-Brown would we have been eligible for a postponement also or not? Maybe Collins doesn't count as an academy player?

I am not totally sure but also wondered if it was because foulston and Collins have been called up to Wales U19 and not u21 or first team

Edit: found a link that says my thoughts above are correct
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/fo ... 322598/amp

The players need to be in their respective nation’s senior or under-21 squad

Thanks for the clarification.

Just as well in view of to-day's results.

The fact that Foulston and Collins have only one Checkatrade appearance and KMB has few,we couldn't really claim a postponement even if it were U21.

Percy plunkett wrote:The fact that Foulston and Collins have only one Checkatrade appearance and KMB has few,we couldn't really claim a postponement even if it were U21.

I assure you we absolutely could, if we wanted to.

Momentum is everything. Dropping down the table because of a postponed game is not ideal.