I think this is what happened, mixed bag for our lads.

Sierra Leone lost both games. Kanu didn't score. Mustapha withdrew from the squad with an injury, hope it clears up quickly.

Cyprus - 7 pts from 4 games. Tsaraoulla made his senior debut which is great for him. Started once and two sub appearances (was suspended for one game). Two assists (both for Burnley's Marcus Edwards), two yellow cards and conceded one penalty. Cyprus just need a draw at home to Armenia next month to progress.

Ireland U21 - won both games and have a chance of qualifying for the U21 Euros play-offs. They need to beat England today in their last game. Finneran started both games and Lipsiuc was used as a sub in one.

UPDATE Ireland U21s 3 England 1 so they're into the November play-offs. Finneran played the whole match and got an assist. Lipsiuc played the last half hour. England had already won the group so a good time to play them.

Edited October 6Oct 6 by Sheffield Pie

It was good to see Tsaroulla played as much as he did and getting two assists is impressive. I say see, I had look for some of the Cyprus highlights but it's some sort of guarded footage.

I think Kanu had limited minutes from what I saw, which is a bit disappointing. I still wasn't convinced he was 100% when he joined a decent amount of playing time would have served us better too.

I wonder if we'll be postponing the match/matches again when the next international break is here?

Tsaroulla's second assist - came on in the 91st minute and set up the last kick winner with some neat work drawing two defenders before slipping it to Edwards.

https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2047936--cyprus-vs-latvia-/

I hope Tsaroulla brings this form into the league too!

We're privileged to have some quality players on board and of course representing your country is a massive honour. But it's a bit strange to have such a long international break when the season is barely underway. Or maybe it just feels longer because of the postponements?

And none of the players injured on international duty either, so that's another bonus!

It has felt like a long break but I hope it has been beneficial in terms of training and getting players fit though because fixture wise we’ve lost a couple of more winnable matches, I know football isn’t played on paper but the Peterborough and Blackpool matches were definitely ones that you’d target some points from. Now we’re coming back after the break against a team that were in the Championship last season, not easy.

I noticed someone had posted on Facebook that Nick Tsaroulla had created an assist for Cyprus; it's great to see him getting selected, and it's a good thing for his development. Playing on the international stage is great experience, even at 27. Pleased to see our other internationals being given a run out too.

On 07/10/2026 at 22:48, menzinho said:

And none of the players injured on international duty either, so that's another bonus!

It has felt like a long break but I hope it has been beneficial in terms of training and getting players fit though because fixture wise we’ve lost a couple of more winnable matches, I know football isn’t played on paper but the Peterborough and Blackpool matches were definitely ones that you’d target some points from. Now we’re coming back after the break against a team that were in the Championship last season, not easy.

I'd very much take a point today. And 0-0 would be a bonus .