Subject: [u21] Friendly Vs Suomi

After last weeks' weak willed capitulation to Macedonia ( FFS ), we are playing Suomi in a u-20 game at 5:30 UK time.

TV Studio

Line up to follow.

Here's the final 16 - I make that 3 English coaches of our best U-20 side (allowing for injuries).

GK Billy Corke - FC Pk Strzegom
DEF Jon Henshaw - Amarantos
DEF Stephen Rossall - FC StrainiDeFotbal Buzau
DEF Dale Watcham - UniPart Oxford
DEF Ant Lemon - The Outsider
DEF Cecil Slocombe - FC Blauwbal
MID Bill Strudwick - Busbys' Babes
MID Jay Trude - Padstow Rovers
MID Ivan Witheycombe - Achmids Soul
ATT Matt Wakeham - Scarsacci
ATT Dan Goodenough - real toms tits

Subs :

GK Felix Powell - Kowet Osdorp
DEF Toby Flint - Cloud Nine CF
MID Kingsley Woolly - FC Carl Zeiss Jena
MID Kingsley Reid - Big Dig
ATT Ermejo Blatch - real toms tits
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4 English based managers

ah, yes 4. sorry.

I have a couple of that age group but they are just short of the quality you need?

My best 20 yr old is ironically the only foreign trainee I have.
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How many England based players would there be if it was full strength and didn't take into account form?

probably still 4 :).

speaking of which, didn't we do well ?

more to the point, why aren't we converting chances ?

Have you seen how Duffield has put his form in the bin as he gets nearer to being capped more often?

I blame wdp for why chances not being converted myself.
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I agree I blame me too. :p

Thats another bad result tonight ncn....hard luck. :(

Down to 29th now, it could be a hard qualifying campaign coming up mate.

Is it just luck though, or am I missing something here ?

I mean the Macedonia game was just ridiculous, but I'm open to any opinions regarding what's going wrong.

We can't be that much worse than other teams surely.

With regard to the seeding, I expected us to be in better shape than this, and had booked for the next few weeks :

week 8 - Romania u-20
week 9 - Belgium u-20
week 10 - Italy u-20
week 11 - Poland U-20
week 12 - Hungary u21b vs England u-20
week 13 - Spain - u-20

Top 6 sides I think. Looks like a few results will be needed to stop us sliding any further.

With that in mind, I need updates on any potential u-20 players please.

Oh crikey! lol

I will update what I have, I think they are up to date though.

No updated all players of all ages. ;)

Just want to know that if I can get this guy's pace up he can play in U-20's?


Don Haydock, age: 19
club: FC Jundullah, country: England
value: 173 250 £, wage: 1 995 £
excellent form, very good tactical discipline
height: 173 cm

poor stamina tragic keeper
excellent pace brilliant defender
average technique good playmaker
average passing unsatisfactory striker

Try and get his stamina up to solidish too if you can. ;)