TWTD understands Town midfielder Idris El Mizouni has been named in the Tunisia U23s squad for their Africa Cup of Nations third round games against Cameroon next month.

The Tunisian youngsters face the Cameroonians away in the first leg on Friday 6th September then play them at home in the second on Tuesday 10th September.

El Mizouni has previously won two caps at U23 level in addition to one game for the full squad.

The 18-year-old’s inclusion in the squad all but confirms that the Blues’ game at Rochdale in a fortnight’s time will be postponed due to international calls.

League One clubs are able to request the rescheduling of matches if three first-team players receive international calls at full, U23 or U21 levels.

Younger age groups, such as Albania's U19s, who have called up Armando Dobra, also qualify if the player involved has featured in 25 per cent of a side’s first-team matchday squads that season as the young winger has.

As previously reported, in addition to Dobra, Anthony Georgiou has been called up by Cyprus and Alan Judge is in a provisional Republic of Ireland squad with the final party to be confirmed later this week, while Andre Dozzell and Flynn Downes are expected to be in the England U20s, whose squad will also be announced in the days to come.

Young keeper Adam Przybek, who is yet to be involved in the first team since joining Town from West Brom in the summer, has been named in the Wales U21s.

We understand that manager Paul Lambert will look to have the game put back once the requisite calls have been confirmed.

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ronnyd added 22:16 - Aug 26 If we can,t beat the likes of Rochdale, (no disrespect to the ,Dale), without a few fringe players then we must look at ourselves. Then we will be moaning about fixture congestion later on.
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SeoulSearchingBlue added 01:42 - Aug 27 I feel differently. It's look increasingly likely that we'll have played an extra game on most teams if Bolton are expelled from the league this week. Makes sense to take a week off where possible.
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TR11BLU added 08:00 - Aug 27 @soulsearching. The Bolton game will be chalked off so we will be a game behind. If we have call ups then then rules state we can postpone the game. Why would we complicate matters and play when we dont need to.
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Suffolk_n_Proud added 08:09 - Aug 27 Any postponement complicates matters as we still have to play the game at a later date. And it will be midweek instead of the Sat Sat Sat games we have over the next few weeks meaning more tired legs and congestion of fixtures, especially if we also progress in FA and EFL cups
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Essexnblue added 08:21 - Aug 27 I don't get this, supporters are happy to sacrifice Downes, Judge, and Gheorgiou and go ahead and play at Rochdale? What happens on Saturday when we pick up a couple of injuries ahead of Rochdale? The idea of postponement is to protect the clubs interest and Rochdale away is not an easy game, no game in this division is easy when everyone wants your scalp. Simples, just postpone it and play it on a Tues night when we have more players to pick from.

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Westy added 09:47 - Aug 27 I honestly think this game should go ahead. We are on a role. Let's keep that going. We should have enough to get something from this game. Even if it is delayed there is no guarantee that we will fair any better.
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VanDusen added 10:15 - Aug 27 Means I can get to the England game I've tickets for without missing a visit to a new ground, so suits me... ;o)
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 13:50 - Aug 27 Opinions really varying on this . For me I would much rather face Rochdale with Downes, Dozzell, Judge and Georgiou.
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SeoulSearchingBlue added 14:05 - Aug 27 @TR11BLU - Sorry if my post wasn't clear. I agree with you :) I was making the point that over the course of the season we will have played one game more than most (because are likely not to play Bolton now) so it makes sense to take the rest when we can.
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