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Football Special

Football Special

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Its going to really drag this one. 

Wrexham away on 19th September then no other games until Pompey at home 11th October 

FIFA decided to scrap the individual September / October breaks and merge them into one with international teams playing up to 4 matches across the break. 

Squads expected to be announced later this week. 

Saints will lose some key players with 

Peretz (Israel) 

Manning (Ireland) 

Azaz (Ireland) 

Larin (Canada) 

Mubama (England u21s) 

Think all the others will probably get a few days off in the first week to recharge their batteries. 

Patrick Bateman

Patrick Bateman

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1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Its going to really drag this one. 

Wrexham away on 19th September then no other games until Pompey at home 11th October 

FIFA decided to scrap the individual September / October breaks and merge them into one with international teams playing up to 4 matches across the break. 

Squads expected to be announced later this week. 

Saints will lose some key players with 

Peretz (Israel) 

Manning (Ireland) 

Azaz (Ireland) 

Larin (Canada) 

Mubama (England u21s) 

Think all the others will probably get a few days off in the first week to recharge their batteries. 

It'll drag and be boring as hell, but ... I'm quite glad it's just one break and not two. We can get the squad back together and focus then in a longer block. Just annoying the first game back is against that lot. 

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RedArmy

RedArmy

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With a bit of a thinner squad this year the 2 breaks might have actually suited us, good chance to rest up for most of the squad twice before the winter. 
 

Very annoying that we’ve been stitched up with Pompey at home after an international break again too. 
 

It’s slightly better this year with not having Will Still and it also not being the first game after the window shut. But i still expect it be a bit of a flat performance, 3 weeks of not playing together is a long time. 

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Doctoroncall

Doctoroncall

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26 minutes ago, ecuk268 said:

Larin's playing in Minnesota on Wednesday 7th, so maybe back on Thursday.

Not much time to recover for Sunday.

Three friendlies for Canada, two at home.
Ireland have four Nations League matches as do Israel. 

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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46 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

With a bit of a thinner squad this year the 2 breaks might have actually suited us, good chance to rest up for most of the squad twice before the winter. 
 

Very annoying that we’ve been stitched up with Pompey at home after an international break again too. 
 

It’s slightly better this year with not having Will Still and it also not being the first game after the window shut. But i still expect it be a bit of a flat performance, 3 weeks of not playing together is a long time. 

At least the atmosphere should be better this time, that's a lot of build up and anticipation. Let's hope our international players get through it injury free. 

Would it make sense for Saints to play a friendly in the middle for the players left behind? Even if just behind closed doors.

revolution saint

revolution saint

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1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

At least the atmosphere should be better this time, that's a lot of build up and anticipation. Let's hope our international players get through it injury free. 

Would it make sense for Saints to play a friendly in the middle for the players left behind? Even if just behind closed doors.

TBH I think we massively overdid the hype for the last game.  Understandable given we hadn't played them for a long time but I'd be much happier with a more low key approach to the game.  Let our football do the talking and smash them out of sight on the pitch.

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benjii

benjii

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4 hours ago, RedArmy said:

With a bit of a thinner squad this year the 2 breaks might have actually suited us, good chance to rest up for most of the squad twice before the winter. 
 

Very annoying that we’ve been stitched up with Pompey at home after an international break again too. 
 

It’s slightly better this year with not having Will Still and it also not being the first game after the window shut. But i still expect it be a bit of a flat performance, 3 weeks of not playing together is a long time. 

Guess some teams might organise low- key friendlies?

RedArmy

RedArmy

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29 minutes ago, suewhistle said:

Yep, that lass was my right back when I played in goal..

I didn’t know Whelk was a lass. 

vectraman

vectraman

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There is still another international break from 9th to 17th November, so not sure this is ‘saving’ an international break?

I definitely don’t remember having 3 breaks before Christmas. 
 

Boring as….


 

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Football Special

Football Special

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9 minutes ago, vectraman said:

There is still another international break from 9th to 17th November, so not sure this is ‘saving’ an international break?

I definitely don’t remember having 3 breaks before Christmas. 
 

Boring as….


 

It is merging September and October International breaks that we've had for ages, last year example below 

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Tommy Mulgrew

Tommy Mulgrew

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On 14/09/2026 at 19:57, RedArmy said:

I didn’t know Whelk was a lass. 

 

23 hours ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:


The clue is in the avatar.


Also, a whelk is not a cockle.  A cockle has two, er, shells; a whelk, one.

AI tells me that a cockle is “Tender, sweet, and slightly salty” and that a whelk is “Chewy, juicy, and rich.”

I rest my case.

 

Saint Garrett

Saint Garrett

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Might be a bit more interesting if we need to look for a new manager!! Fingers crossed thats not the case though.

Fully expecting Tonda to be banned, and Larin to be injured for the skates game.

SNSUN

SNSUN

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1 hour ago, Paulwantsapint81 said:

How surprising if FA announce Tonda ban on Friday before skates?

3 week ban would be nice. Maybe just after the Wrexham game. 😁

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whelk

whelk

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On 14/09/2026 at 21:27, suewhistle said:

Yep, that lass was my right back when I played in goal..

Have I missed something?

trousers

trousers

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56 minutes ago, SaintStinger said:

Can add Matsuki as he's been called up for the Japan squad for the upcoming Kirin Cup early next month. Fair play to him. 

A strong looking squad too...

 

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Football Special

Football Special

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26 minutes ago, Turkish said:

So that’s Larin and Matsuki both having very long flights right before the skates game 😫

For once playing the Skates on a Sunday actually helps , Japan play on 5th , he can fly back on 6th so a few days to prepare but not ideal 

dsrdorset

dsrdorset

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We really need Azaz & Larin to pick up 'knocks' against Wrexham, thus making them unavailable for international duty. Other teams do it. 

We have to smash that lot this time. 

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Turkish

Turkish

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On 19/09/2026 at 10:45, die Mannyschaft said:

What is the benefit of playing on nations league? Apart from a kick around in a few countries.  Can you get a free slot in world cup?

Pointless like the Stanley Rous cup in the 80s. 

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