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Tony Mowbray has revealed that he tried to get Sunday’s match at Burton Albion postponed due to Coventry City having three players on international duty.
The Sky Blues travel to the Pirelli Stadium this weekend without leading scorer Adam Armstrong and midfielder Bryn Morris who are with England Under-19s and 20s respectively, and back-up striker George Thomas who is away with Wales Under-19s.
Story Link: Newcastle United's Adam Armstrong to miss Coventry City's game against Burton Albion due to international duty
Football Association rules say that any club in the lower two divisions of the Football League that has three or more internationals on duty can request a postponement, but when Mowbray contacted the FA yesterday to ask for the televised fixture to be moved to enable him to name a full-strength squad against the newly-promoted Brewers at a later date he was told City don’t qualify because Armstrong and Morris are on youth loans.
“We asked the question but the answer is no and we have to get on with it,” he said. “Youth loans don’t count, apparently.”
Tony Mowbray
“I have had a discussion with the FA because bottom line they are playing in our team. George Thomas has been off the bench enough times to qualify, Bryn Morris has played a couple of times off the bench and Adam Armstrong is a major player for us.
“I am just thankful that Sam Ricketts and Reda Johnson have not had call-ups from their standby status.”
City’s goal scoring centre-backs have, unusually, been omitted from duty with Wales and Benin this time but Armstrong – who has been nominated for the League One player of the month award after his sensational start to the season – is on England Under-19 duty with former City boss Aidy Boothroyd ahead of the international friendlies against Germany and Croatia either side of the trip to Burton.
Middlesbrough loan man Morris is also unavailable for the game because he is in Keith Downing’s England Under-20 squad which faces the Czech Republic at Shrewsbury’s Greenhous Meadow on Monday.
Thomas, meanwhile, is in the Wales Under-19 squad due to play Poland at Bangor City on Saturday.
The Sky Blues travel to the Pirelli Stadium this weekend without leading scorer Adam Armstrong and midfielder Bryn Morris who are with England Under-19s and 20s respectively, and back-up striker George Thomas who is away with Wales Under-19s.
Story Link: Newcastle United's Adam Armstrong to miss Coventry City's game against Burton Albion due to international duty
Football Association rules say that any club in the lower two divisions of the Football League that has three or more internationals on duty can request a postponement, but when Mowbray contacted the FA yesterday to ask for the televised fixture to be moved to enable him to name a full-strength squad against the newly-promoted Brewers at a later date he was told City don’t qualify because Armstrong and Morris are on youth loans.
“We asked the question but the answer is no and we have to get on with it,” he said. “Youth loans don’t count, apparently.”
Tony Mowbray
“I have had a discussion with the FA because bottom line they are playing in our team. George Thomas has been off the bench enough times to qualify, Bryn Morris has played a couple of times off the bench and Adam Armstrong is a major player for us.
“I am just thankful that Sam Ricketts and Reda Johnson have not had call-ups from their standby status.”
City’s goal scoring centre-backs have, unusually, been omitted from duty with Wales and Benin this time but Armstrong – who has been nominated for the League One player of the month award after his sensational start to the season – is on England Under-19 duty with former City boss Aidy Boothroyd ahead of the international friendlies against Germany and Croatia either side of the trip to Burton.
Middlesbrough loan man Morris is also unavailable for the game because he is in Keith Downing’s England Under-20 squad which faces the Czech Republic at Shrewsbury’s Greenhous Meadow on Monday.
Thomas, meanwhile, is in the Wales Under-19 squad due to play Poland at Bangor City on Saturday.