congratulations to you to Athrun for winning your u21 election in Belgium.. Thanks also for your suppport of the English community since I started with England years ago.
Thanks Morwood. Glad i could help out (altho not everyone will agree on your statement)
Congratz on your election!
i guess i'll kick this topic off: What are your expectations in this U21 group. what kind of record are you aiming for? (these questions can only be answered once you've got an idea of your roster ofcourse)
Thanks. You're right, I'll have to wait to answer that one, and I'll be doing the 21yos last so it won't be too soon.
Congratulations on your own election. Maybe I shouldn't answer you at all given you're a rival ;)
Lad. If we are rivals, then that means both the English U21 & the Belgian U21 have qualified for the european championship. I have not analyzed your group very well (other than your up against Hungaria and Lithuania which are household names in the U21), but i'm in a group with the Serbian (who were European and World cup semi finalists), with the Polish (who got a whopping 127k C on there roster, and i've heard rumors off his skillset, which quite frankly makes me wanting to just forfeit that game! i will be a stomp!) & i'm with the French U21 (who normally are regulars at european and world championship, but dropped ranked because there U21 manager suddenly didn't log in anymore and went bot...
Anything better than a 4-3 record will be a minor miracle! All the stars will have to align for that to happen, which means the Belgian U21 would scrap out a win against a topflight nation AND we'd have to go through on points (cause there is no way we are beating 2 top flight nations. for that to happen, i need to see there entire squads injured...)
I'm pretty sure Serbia is still hiding some players. And the French might not have a juggernaut C, but there bigs are very well rounded, so i'm expecting them to win (+ French play us last, so we'll be on the receiving end of a CT).
Still, i would love to see the scenario where the Belgian & English U21 meet on neutral ground. It means we've both managed to get to through the european qualifier.
Considering you got Hungaria and Lithuania in your U21 pool,, you'll be facing simular odds to what the belgian team is facing to qualify. Still won't stop us from trying (or dreaming about it), now will it?