A poor international window

[J R Hartley]

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Lawlor was apparently in line to play V Belgium but had a knock.

Rubin made the bench in a key game.

Kpakio made the bench in both games and even got some minutes.

Joel and Isaak will just be happy to have been called up I’m sure.
Joel especially, hes 20 and has only ever played at League 1 and 2 level.

Didn’t we have a total of 20 players called up across the age groups?

It’s definitely progress.

Spoilsport. Let Shrimpy have his moment of CCFC negativity. It's his oxygen.

[The Lone Gunman]

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Just saw this posted on wales online, some quotes from the Australia manager. I don't think it mentions why he didn't play for them but perhaps the first public comment we have that something isn't quite right with him at City.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/foot...d=BingNewsVerp

Interesting. BBM has previously hinted quite heavily that all is not right. I think it's looking ever more likely that Roberston will be gone in January. Perhaps he would have been gone in the summer if it wasn't for injury.

[jon1959]

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Think the problem is only Lawlor was ever likely to play. I know Kpakio got ten minutes at Wembley which would have been great for him but in terms of City's involvement in attempting to improve our world cup hopes we had zero involvement.

Most fans would agree with you but for the club itself it's a huge distraction and when you have two windows so close together, quite a disruption.

Kpakio got half an hour - not 10 minutes. Enough to justify his involvement.

[Rjk]

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Kpakio got half an hour - not 10 minutes. Enough to justify his involvement.

And I thought he did pretty well

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

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And I thought he did pretty well

Lucky Bellamy didn't let Doku loose on him....

[North Cardiff Blue]

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And I thought he did pretty well

He did, he's going to be quality as is, Lawlor :thumbup:

[Trigger]

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Lucky Bellamy didn't let Doku loose on him....

Love watching Doku, almost a throwback winger, everything done at absolute thunder **** speed.

[City123]

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I don't pay too much attention to youth football or international football in general, but I've been surprised recently to see there are so many age levels. Does that actually help anyone?

Under-16's, under-18's, under-19's, under-21's and you say there's also under-17's. That seems daft to me. Surely under-16's, under-18's and under-21's would be more than sufficient?

There's also the strange case where I think only the u17s, u19s and u21s play actual competitive games, but there isn't an u21 World Cup, instead its u20 World Cup and u21 Euros

[J R Hartley]

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And I thought he did pretty well

Game was over and everyone was just going through the motions by then.

[William Treseder]

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Love watching Doku, almost a throwback winger, everything done at absolute thunder **** speed.

Doku’s a great player to watch. Always attacks, always looks dangerous, and never lets the hatchet men dim his lights. Just gets up and gets on with it.

[The Lone Gunman]

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Joel Colwill – 0 minutes for Wales
Rubin Colwill – 0 minutes for Wales
Isaak Davies – 0 minutes for Wales
Luey Giles – 45 minutes Wales U-21 v Belgium U-21
Ronan Kpakio – 26 minutes for Wales v England
Dylan Lawlor – 0 minutes for Wales
Dakarai Mafico – 0 minutes for Wales U-21
Tanatswa Nyakuhwa – 129 minutes for Wales U-21 v Belgium U-21 and Austria U-21
Alex Robertson – 0 minutes for Australia

A far more productive international break for City players this time around:

Joel Colwill - 0 minutes for Wales
Rubin Colwill - 25 minutes for Wales v Liechtenstein
Isaak Davies - 5 minutes for Wales v North Macedonia
Luey Giles - 90 minutes for Wales-U21 v Belarus U-21
Ronan Kpakio - 8 minutes for Wales v North Macedonia
Dylan Lawlor - 180 minutes for Wales v Liechtenstein and N Macedonia
Dakari Mafico - 8 minutes for Wales-U21 v Belarus-U21
Tanatswa Nyakuhwa - 25 minutes for Wales U-21 v Belarus U-21
Cian Ashford - 65 minutes for Wales U-21 v Belarus U-21

A long-awaited return to the senior side for Colwill Snr. A full debut and an assist for Davies. I think I'm right in saying only Colwill Jnr didn't play any minutes.

No idea if Robertson was with Australia this time, but he didn't play in either of their games if he was.

Let's hope City's form is better following this international break, as it was far from great after the last one.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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No idea if Robertson was with Australia this time, but he didn't play in either of their games if he was.

Don't think he was in the squad this time.

[The Lone Gunman]

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Don't think he was in the squad this time.

Bit odd that he was with them for the last international window after playing zero games for City, but not with them this time after making four appearances in league and cup games.

[Tuerto]

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Bit odd that he was with them for the last international window after playing zero games for City, but not with them this time after making four appearances in league and cup games.

They watched him play this time.

[The Lone Gunman]

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They watched him play this time.

:hehe:

Very good.

Some of our old friends enjoyed the latest round of games:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cdxr1xn0ng3o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cly9mp49lmno