For half of League One, this is the start of an extended two-week international break. Neil Harris desperately wishes that his Cambridge United were another one of those teams. But, due to the new rules around eligibility for calling games off due to players being called up for their country needing to meet a certain threshold of club minutes played, Sam Curtis does not count as one of our three. That means despite Kaikai and Bangura-Williams off on duty with Sierra Leone (although not getting on the pitch at all in their game on Thursday), the show must go on. It will go on with significant injury issues, as Bennett, Perry and Ahadme are ruled out of Saturday, meaning that United suddenly look very threadbare.
It’s not an ideal place to be in for what was always circled as a big opportunity for three points since the fixtures came out. But Wimbledon have started strongly, and although they’re missing a few players themselves, they’ll also see this is a golden opportunity to continue that form.
