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England U21 2 - 2 Wales U21by Badfinger_Taffy (U2169089) 09 October 2008
 A dissapointing end to an excellend Welsh U21 campaign saw the young dragons play impressive and confident football last night at Villa Park. Unlimately England took their chances at
However, U21's Welsh manager Brian Flynn has a fit squad of players to choose from and says he has "One or Two surprises" up his sleeve. So obviously Ronaldo has found out he has a Welsh great grand mother and there will be a Welsh ref and 2 Scottish lines men. Brian Flynn loses defender Lewin Nyatanga to the senior squad, but has the extra firepower of Sam Vokes up front after the striker was released by John Toshack. Wales and Stockport County goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams said "We gave a top quality side like England a real good game and that is something we can built on." England U21’s manager Stuart Pearce has warned his players that there is still work to do in order to qualify for the Under-21 European Championship in Sweden. England had to come from behind last Friday to beat Wales and Pearce said "… to win the game against a very, very good side makes me pleased." Scorer of the 3rd goal Gabriel was Aston Villa striker Agbonlahor and he also had a note of caution for England, he said "Wales have proven they are a very good side". I was listening to some of the first game on the radio on 5 live, at one point a commentator said (Rough figures) England played a starting 11 that had accumulated over 800 premiership caps whilst Wales boasted just 4, so obviously with playing away from home, with being 1 goal down against some very experienced youngsters Wales will have a mammoth task ahead. I remain quietly confident that we can pull this back, it won’t be easy to get the upper hand but if we can repeat last Friday’s start and go 1 up early on then the game is wide open once again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian Flynn's Wales side looked impressive against the Romanians and will relish the chance of putting one over England. England Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce led his team to the semi-finals last year, when they lost in a penalty shoot-out against Holland. The teams last met in May this year at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham for a friendly and it was the visitors who won by 2-0 with first half goals from Tom Huddlestone and Theo Walcott. Brian Flynn's team had been unbeaten in four games and started the match with six players capped at senior level. England can expect to face a much changed side tomorrow with so many U21's playing for the senior team on Saturday. England, who started with five members of their senior squad, remain undefeated in 10 games at U21 level this season. England have to be favourites to win this game, however Wales have got a small but decent squad to call upon. Whilst England draw their squad from the Premiership and Championship, Wales scout the 4 main divisions and Wrexham, however I can see Wales pinching this one by a single goal on the night but just failing over 2 legs....... Uefa European Under-21 Championship play-off draw: Germany v France Denmark v Serbia Turkey v Belarus Austria v Finland Wales v England Italy v Israel Switzerland v Spain Latest 10 commentsRead members' comments or add your own
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EaStMiDz (U13242141) posted Oct 17, 2008 Collison should walk into the England U21 side. posted Oct 17, 2008 Oh well, England's loss. He'll have England fans crying for years, wishing they had picked him earlier. Just like Giggs! laugh Joke.
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EaStMiDz (U13242141) posted Oct 17, 2008 Hence the joke comment...
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tafftheb (U9277988) posted Oct 17, 2008 EaStMiDz and Roakey posted Oct 17, 2008 I am quite excited that Flynn and Toshack are looking into players who have Welsh ancestory and are not FULLY Welsh.
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EaStMiDz (U13242141) posted Oct 17, 2008 Don't under-estimate Collison just because you have Ramsey too. posted Oct 17, 2008 Don't under-estimate Collison just because you have Ramsey too.
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EaStMiDz (U13242141) posted Oct 17, 2008 Depends if you prefer Xavi(Collison) or Koumas(Ramsey). posted Oct 17, 2008 Depends if you prefer Xavi(Collison) or Koumas(Ramsey).
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