The influence of U21 results.

[kompressaur]

I pressume that they will be U21 games going on to-night in the shadow of the full team's fixtures.

Do you think that the results of these games bears much significance on the full-team's chances?

Is there any stats that support any trends that may have occured before. Just a thought like.

Read today that the Danish U21 team has only won 5 of their last 22 games. I think the grown ups have fared slightly better

Btw. - I guess there's a difference between big and small countries here. Due to the size of our nation, we have to bring players through the ranks faster - less consistency in the U21.

I read that Barry from Aston V is on his way to a record 20-something U21 caps. To have players like him and Cole and Carrick in the U21 is a huge difference.

nah, don't think these games have any consequences for the national A-team (Senior national team, not the A-team with B.A. and Murdock and so :b )

Off course U21 France - U21 Andorra will still be a big France-win but otherwise ... no don't think so.

[kompressaur]

Yeh, it was a daft question wasn't it?

Might have some effect on smaller nations - depends how they are organised - as it might produce a feel good factor.

But in general there is little connection between the U21 and U19 set ups and the full national side on terms of personnel.

Seem most of Scotland's home fixtures at both levels the last couple of seasons.

Northern Ireland U21 team looks pretty good.

Scotland U21s won 2-0 ttonight - Kevin Kyle and Simon Lynch scored.

They play Ghana in a friendly on Monday night in Dumfires.

[kompressaur]

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They play Ghana in a friendly on Monday night in Dumfires.

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How surreal

bet 365 are taking bets on this friendly

lump on it.






scotland u21 (1/2) vs scotland (3/1)

1/2 bet of the season

I certainly think Scotland will take heart from tha 21's result. What sort of coach would'nt use it?

[kompressaur]

Just to see this through, here are the results from the weekend.

European Championship Qualifying Group 1
France 5 - 0 Slovenia
France U21 1 - 0 Slovenia U21

Malta 0 - 2 Israel
Malta U21 0 - 1 Israel U21

European Championship Qualifying Group 2
Denmark 2 - 0 Luxembourg
Denmark U21 9 - 0 Luxembourg U21

Romania 0 - 1 Norway
Romania U21 0 - 1 Norway U21

European Championship Qualifying Group 3
Belarus 0 - 2 Austria
Belarus U21 0 - 1 Austria U21

Moldova 0 - 2 Czech Republic
Moldova U21 0 - 2 Czech Rep U21

European Championship Qualifying Group 4
Poland 0 - 1 Latvia
Poland U21 3 - 0 Latvia U21

Sweden 1 - 1 Hungary
Sweden U21 1 - 0 Hungary U21

European Championship Qualifying Group 5
Iceland 0 - 2 Scotland
Iceland U21 0 - 2 Scotland U21


European Championship Qualifying Group 6
Spain 3 - 0 Northern Ireland
Spain U21 1 - 0 N Ireland U21

Ukraine 2 - 0 Greece
Ukraine U21 1 - 1 Greece U21


European Championship Qualifying Group 7
Slovakia 1 - 2 England
Slovakia U21 0 - 4 England U21

FYR Macedonia 1 - 2 Turkey
FYR Macedonia U21 0 - 4 Turkey U21

European Championship Qualifying Group 8
Bulgaria 2 - 0 Croatia
Bulgaria U21 1 - 3 Croatia U21

European Championship Qualifying Group 9
Italy 1 - 1 Yugoslavia
Italy U21 4 - 1 Yugoslavia U21

Finland 3 - 0 Azerbaijan
Finland U21 3 - 0 Azerbaijan U21

European Championship Qualifying Group 10
Albania 1 - 1 Switzerland


Nothing really conclusive. Correct score single backers might have been a little up.