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Nice win last night! Let's see if we can pick up one more win out of the final 2 games. Both games look tough

Also a good win for the NT team against Canada, especially with Marichal being out injured.

Hopefully both teams can make it through their group/round.

Thanks mate, it was a great win indeed. Got tense at the end but glad we could pull it off! Hoping for a positive result against France now.

Just to echo what you said, impressive win against Canada and we’re positioned nicely with the National side too!

Hard luck on the result yesterday mate, was always going to be tough.

Last edited by js8 at 2/23/2021 3:09:31 AM

I thought we had a shot to be honest (nearly beat them last season), and was glad we didn't draw Finland or USA as last week those 3 seemed like the most likely options.

I was considering the crunch anyway (am somewhat surprised Greece went TIE), but Israel-Belgium (opponent in the next round) started about half an hour before our game so I was able to scout that. Belgium crunched, Israel TIEd. If we got through, home advantage vs Belgium = same enthusiasm, fine with that. If we faced Israel we were losing that either way so no harm in crunching...

I suppose we were in the game, it's just the final score / 4th quarter that makes it look worse.

Look at every other game too - no away team won despite multiple crunch vs TIE efforts. Home advantage just seems very strong, stronger at INT level than club level even. Alternatively: the bar for an NT starter is just very high, and we're 1-3 players short (and not getting closer next season, which makes me wonder what to do next...)

In these games, you've got to give yourself a chance and crunching allowed us to do that. Thinking back to the U21's, I regret not crunching as I didn't give us a chance of realistically winning, so I'm definitely supportive of your decision. Home advantage is hard to overcome.

Alternatively: the bar for an NT starter is just very high, and we're 1-3 players short (and not getting closer next season, which makes me wonder what to do next...)

I agree. It's clear to see the decline and availability of young talent we have coming through for both the National and U21 side. Makes our jobs harder as expectations won't change hugely.

Now that the NT Scout tool seems to be dying a death, scouting has become a lot harder. If anyone who has a U21 prospect can message me informing me of their skills, that would be great. I've got a large database of players from previous scouting reports but obviously won't for the new draftees.

In other news, Arrowspg5 has offered to assist me in scouting and become part of the U21 squad, so please send your players skills on if he asks and I look forward to working with him. (90806)

Last edited by js8 at 3/24/2021 5:42:21 PM