Another international break but still no action for Robbo

CARDIFF City midfielder Alex Robertson returned to international duty with Australia this month - but didn't feature in either of the Socceroos' friendlies as his wait for football continues.

- GLEN WILLIAMS

The 22-year-old was called up by boss Tony Popovic for the October window, but was not included in the matchday squads for the 1-0 win over Canada or the 2-1 defeat to the United States despite 10,000 miles of travelling.

It was still a positive step for Robertson, who hasn't played a single minute of football this season after suffering a leg injury in the penultimate preseason friendly against Notts County.

Popovic said earlier this month that the Bluebirds midfielder had made himself available and was being closely monitored by Australia's medical staff, but alluded to a "situation" at Cardiff that he wanted to get to the bottom of.

"Alexander has made himself available for the Socceroos, he wants to play for Australia, he informed us of that about a month ago," said Popovic.

"Since then, we have been monitoring him. The medical and physical staff, conditioning coaches have been in regular contact with him to understand what he's doing.

"I just felt it was a good time to see where he is now. He has no minutes under his belt.