Fair enough, and yes it is a very long 20+ hour journey from Minny all the way to the Middle East.
Which makes decision to call him up for Nov friendlies (he played against The Gambia), just prior MU's MLS knockout playoff loss against Portland all the more strange - especially if he had this groin problem then. From memory Tuiloma on the other hand stayed stateside, ie gave AWs Nov games a miss.
So you call Boxall up for international friendlies, at the knockout stages of his club season, seeing him do 40+ hours of travelling. But then you bypass him for effective knockout World Cup qualifiers, when his new club season has only just started. Bit odd.
However Hay is likely right, AWs should be fine without him. And by early June hopefully he's over this niggle, and Heath returns the favour by releasing Boxall for a good 2-3 week stretch as AWs go into camp for IC playoff.
Edit - it's 0-0 at HT in New York.
Which makes decision to call him up for Nov friendlies (he played against The Gambia), just prior MU's MLS knockout playoff loss against Portland all the more strange - especially if he had this groin problem then. From memory Tuiloma on the other hand stayed stateside, ie gave AWs Nov games a miss.
So you call Boxall up for international friendlies, at the knockout stages of his club season, seeing him do 40+ hours of travelling. But then you bypass him for effective knockout World Cup qualifiers, when his new club season has only just started. Bit odd.
However Hay is likely right, AWs should be fine without him. And by early June hopefully he's over this niggle, and Heath returns the favour by releasing Boxall for a good 2-3 week stretch as AWs go into camp for IC playoff.
Edit - it's 0-0 at HT in New York.