Exeter City’s trip to Mansfield Town will be postponed due to international call-ups.
Mansfield Town are sure that their next trip to Exeter City on Saturday, October 12th will be postponed owing to international call-ups.
The Stags will face a midweek trip to the West Country, but boss Nigel Clough will have extra time to prepare injured players for their return to action.
The Stags are awaiting a new date for their away trip to Wycombe Wanderers, which was cancelled earlier this month owing to Keanu Baccus (Australia), Ben Waine (New Zealand), and Lucas Akins (Grenada) being called up by their respective nations.
Clough is now waiting for word about the upcoming international weekend, saying: “I believe Keanu has already been called up, despite a change in national management.
“But they do these call-ups at different times, which is a little odd. I believe it should be standardized, and they should declare their squads simultaneously.
“But I think we are pretty confident that, having done well in the previous international games, all three will be called up again.”
Meanwhile, Stags have George Maris back from his pre-season injury and can expect Alfie Kilgour, Rhys Oates, Aden Flint, Frazer Blake-Tracy, and George Williams to return soon, while Akins is also hoping to shake off a knock in time to play for his country after scoring twice in Grenada this month.
“We are hoping to have Alfie back against Newcastle U21s on 29th October,” Clough informed the crowd.
“We are awaiting the results of Oatesy’s strength test to see how he will participate in training.
“Flinty, we’re not sure; he’ll be another three weeks.
“Blake-Tracy should return after the international break, Lucas shortly thereafter, and George Williams within the following several weeks.
“When they’re all fit, we’ll have selection difficulties, which is fantastic. We’ll have plenty of choices to bring on.”
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