06 Jan 2022 12:26:44
With Ange saying we will not be asking for any postponements IF our 4 Japanese players are on international duty, it makes sense now that we have targeted the Irish bhoy and maybe even looking at Boyle from Hibs, because it looks like we will be relying on the big Greek to lead the line during the 4 games our players will be missing, so even having someone on the bench like the Irish bhoy could ease the burden on our Greek player just returning himself from injury.

{Ed007's Note - Yosuke Ideguchi won't be involved in the Japanese squad even if the other 3 Japanese players are called up, Ideguchi's last cap came in 2019 and he is miles away from a call up from what I can see.
His lack of recent caps is why I previously mentioned my concerns about him getting a work permit because at 25 he is to old to go down the "exceptional talent" route that we've previously used for the likes of Wanyama. I'm actually surprised that Ideguchi got a work permit.}

1.) 06 Jan 2022
06 Jan 2022 15:04:27
Ed, could the fact that he's a previous holder of a UK work permit come into the decision making?

{Ed007's Note - I hadn't thought of that, it's a good point Kev - it might have something to do with it but I really don't know.}