Well done to Jake. Really well deserved. Unfortunately that makes him unavailable for the away game at Lincoln.

Im sure AA will inform him of what a lovely place Barnet is to progress your football career......Not

It is a pity that an international call-up for a Wings player brings not only congratulations and pride but also misgivings and sadness that it could lead, at some stage, to the loss of a player to another club - and we have experience of that.  In this case, I think it will be Luton who come calling or, possibly, a return to Millwall.  Much as I appreciate Jamie's desire to see players progress after improving their skills etc at the Wings, I would really hope that it would be a move to a League club rather than to one of our rivals.

As regards losing Jake for the Lincoln match, I would imagine that it could be possible that we would lose him for the game against Macclesfield as well.  I really do not understand why international friendlies are arranged at the business end of the season when clubs are either fighting for a play-off place or fighting for points for safety. Surely, clubs affected should be able to postpone fixtures as clubs in the "big boys" leagues do (although probably not advisable when so many matches have been lost to waterlogged pitches)?

Also, what are the chances that Jake will end up at that Swedish club that bagged Alex and Doug?  We would not even get a fee if that happened, and I think Jake has played in Finland or for a club in Scandinavia - did we not have to wait for international clearance?

Lincoln away is Tuesday 11th March, it was moved from the 4th as it clashed with England C game. It was moved some weeks ago, I believe.

 Yep, did not spot the new Lincoln date - and it seems that matches are moved - but I think Jake could well miss a few matches soon in whatever event; last time I looked he was on nine bookings.  And yes, he does deserve congratulations on being picked for England C - he has put in some fabulous performances this season.  Incidentally, and I always wondered about this, do domestic suspensions apply to international matches and the European Championship etc competitions?

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It might be a case Lincoln and/or Macclesfield have players in the squad as well, does anyone have the link to the squad, I can't find it.

Alex and Doug are Swedish, so the move makes sense, Gallagher, to the best of my knowledge, is not

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 Alex was from Montserrat wasn't he. As for Jake he tried his luck in Iceland the other summer I believe!

We're always going to be vulnerable if a player is suitable for full time football i.e. he's good enough/doesn't have a lucrative day job.

Gallagher is a terrific player who deserves his call up but needs to cut out the late tackles on account of them leading to suspension!

 

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I think Alex's mum is Swedish so there is a link there. 

And yep, Jake is on 9 yellow cards so one more would see him banned. Perhaps we'll see a tactical one prior to the Lincoln game 

Congrats to Jake Gallagher - well deserved.

And congrats to all the young men who will be entering Jordan next month...