Scotland U21's

**Tartan_Terror** · 29-07-2010, 07:39 PM

Started a game with the Scotland U21 team, hoping to build them up and see where the game takes me.

Starting 11 at the moment is:

Mark Ridgers (GK - Hearts)
Paul Caddis (DR - Celtic)
Danny Wilson (DL - Scum)
Brian Easton (DC - Hamilton)
Paul Hanlon (DC - Hibernian)
Kevin McDonald (MC - Burnley)
Stephen McGinn (MC - Watford)
John Fleck (AML - Scum)
James Hendry (AMR - Reading)
Andy Carrol (ST - Newcastle)
Leigh Griffiths (ST - Dundee)

First Game: Norway 0 - 4 Scotland
Scorers: Carroll (7), McDonald (61), Maguire (64), Hanlon (75).

So good start - About to continue the Euro Champs qualifiers.

**Tartan_Terror** · 29-07-2010, 10:36 PM

Finished off the Euro Qualifiers for 2009.

Turkey 1 - 0 Scotland

Finland 0 - 2 Scotland
GS: Andy Carroll (2), Chris Maguire (72)

Scotland 3 - 0 Albania
GS: Andy Carroll (29, 46, 50)

Andorra 0 - 5 Scotland
GS: Kevin McDonald (4), James Henry (6), Michael Paton (50, 63, 90+2)

Italy 2 - 1 Scotland
GS: Andy Carroll (40)

Scotland 3 - 1 Finland
GS: John Fleck (10), David Goodwillie (55), Andy Carroll (89)

Puts me 3rd in the group, joint point with Turkey but they are ahead on head to head. Next game is Albania away then Turkey at home and finishing on Andorra at home.

Turkey games the important one.

Also linked with the Juventus & Atalanta jobs and have been offered Brescia & Palermo jobs.

**Tartan_Terror** · 30-07-2010, 01:37 AM

End of the Euro's:

Albania 1 - 2 Scotland
GS: Ikechi Anya (57)*Aye, he's scottish*, Leigh Griffiths (pen 69)

Scotland 3 - 1 Turkey
GS: Paul Hanlon (62), Johnny Russell (85), David Goodwillie (90+1)

Scotland 5 - 0 Andorra
GS: Leigh Griffiths (3), Ikechi Anya (26), John Fleck (38), Andy Carroll (59), Kevin McDonald (90)

Finished second in the group going into the play-offs to play France.

Scotland 3 - 2 France
GS: Leigh Griffiths (1, 7, 24)

France 2 - 1 Scotland
GS: Andy Carroll (pen 20)

So aye, went out on the away goals - Gutted to because they got their second on the 84th min.

The main scotland team finished 3rd in the World Cup though...no sure how that happened.

**HamiltonBhoy** · 30-07-2010, 02:11 AM

Ikechi Anya, that's the boy that signed for Sevilla from Glenn Hoddle's Spanish Academy innit?

He's eligible to play for Scotland, England, Nigeria and Romania!

**MickyBhoy1888** · 30-07-2010, 08:06 PM

Griffiths should be scoring more for you tbh scored over 300 goals for my celtic team

**RafaelScheidt** · 30-07-2010, 08:13 PM

Gotta say nearly all that team have great prospects

**Tartan_Terror** · 31-07-2010, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by HamiltonBhoy

Ikechi Anya, that's the boy that signed for Sevilla from Glenn Hoddle's Spanish Academy innit?

Aye, not great stats but scored a few for me from the wing. Ended up leaving Sevilla and signing for Kilmarnock!

Originally Posted by MickyBhoy1888

Griffiths should be scoring more for you tbh scored over 300 goals for my celtic team

He started off quite slow (Andy Carroll was scoring most of the goals) but since then he has been on fire. 23 youth caps / 18 youth goals. Signed for Reggina for 2million.

Originally Posted by RafaelScheidt

Gotta say nearly all that team have great prospects

Quite a few have moved on to EPL teams / Celtic or R*ngers since playing. Celtic signed Steve Saunders for 5.25million. Kevin McDonald signed for Wolves for 8million!

**Tartan_Terror** · 31-07-2010, 04:00 PM

So after going out to France on away goals went into the next campaign (minus a few players who grew up).

Group was:

Armenia
Montenegro
Portugal
Wales
Scotland

Results were:

Armenia 1 - 4 Scotland
GS: John Fleck (13, 41, pen 80)

Scotland 4 - 1 Wales
GS: Leigh Griffiths (21, 31, 66), John Fleck (74)

Portugal 0 - 2 Scotland
GS: Leigh Griffiths (1, 7)

Scotland 2 - 0 Montenegro
GS: Leigh Griffiths (13), Conor Ramsay (90)

Scotland 2 - 0 Armenia
GS: Leigh Griffiths (37), John Fleck (90+3)

Wales 0 - 3 Scotland
GS: Ross Smith (24), Stirling Smith (26), John Fleck (pen 83)

Scotland 2 - 0 Portugal
GS: John Fleck (22), Leigh Griffiths (45+4)

Montenagro 0 - 2 Scotland
GS: Leigh Griffiths (7, 56)

So topped the group with 8/8 wins. Meant I went straight into the play-offs and drew Italy - Last campaign drew with them 1-1 (Game before I took over) and lost 2-1 away.

Play-off:

Scotland 2 - 3 Italy
GS: Stirling Smith (39), Conor Ramsay (72)

Italy 0 - 1 Scotland
GS: Paul Hanlon (pen 54)

So out on away goals yet again...bawbags. On the upside, not lost a friendly since i've taken over.