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Hereford United's Director of Football, Gary Peters, has said that the decision of the Welsh FA to take their under 21 squad on a walking holiday in advance of their game in Armenia next Tuesday week is 'ridiculous'.
Bulls keeper David Cornell is in the squad and will miss next Saturday's FA Cup-tie against Yeovil unless common-sense prevails. And both Russell Hoult and Adam Bartlett are both out with injuries so Hereford are looking for a replacement.
"Over the weekend when Cornell would be playing for us he's on a walking tour of the hills of somewhere or other, which is ridiculous," Peters told Bulls Player.
"He's not actually playing but they're [The Welsh U21's] taking him away from us.
"We haven't got another fit goalkeeper.
"Because it's an FA Cup game, clubs in Leagues 1 and 2 won't lend us anyone and Premier League clubs, who may have four or five goalkeepers, still don't want their goalkeepers cup-tied. Some of the keepers from non-league which we might have a chance with, a lot of those are cup tied so at the moment we've got no keeper for next week.
"The FA Cup keeps clubs like us alive. You can get more money through the FA Cup than you can almost earn in the rest of the season.
"You try and talk to Brian Flynn, the Welsh U21 coach, and common-sense is no part of the job description.
"They don't mind what they do, they don't mind who they hurt, they're just bothered about 'can't do it', 'not allowed to', 'he's got to come with us'. There's no common-sense.
"Someone like Bryan Flynn should know better, he's been a league manager himself, they're just being ignorant."
