Season update
Having lost the first game of our season today I think all in all I did all I could here, our game shape was terrible (no offence but of my first choice players only 3 were strong or proficient) - our DMI stats said it all in the game preparation. They had 8 players of higher DMI than ours with their top C having a DMI of 1.2 million. our highest is 380k. Their C's are devastating, no less reflected than with their sensational inside offence stat in the box score - for U21 that is unbelievable!
Having lost an approval vote over this (frankly thats insulting and hilarious at the same time) I was a bit miffed, I've worked exceedingly hard over the last 5 seasons with 4 behind the scenes providing training advice and tactics. Yesterday, I helped the team hold one of the top teams in the world down to 17 points difference with a vastly inferior team. The job of the U21 manager is to help the community committed to developing players to train those players, winning games at this level is a secondary concern frankly. I would value anyone who reads this who is training players to contact me and allow me to help you train players up. Like I committed in my election speech, I want to help the community build players for their teams, the NT and then the U21.
With the next game in mind, the next 2 games are straightforward wins, meaning I'll have taken England U21 to it's highest position in the tournament in it's history. We have had a good draw but given this performance today, we have justified our position. The playoffs will be another story but if we get past the first playoff game it will be the highest finish we have ever had in U21 history.
I want to express huge thanks to all the managers working hard to train players. The players we have are clearly a credit to a committed community that love the game and their players. If I could press you a little to try and keep your players in the U21 team a little more in shape, that would be lovely.
Thank you
V