In today’s Fiver: England U-21s, the Matrix and Wilfried Bony in love
Thank goodness for that, then. Can you imagine the hyperbole if England had actually gone on to win the European U-21 Championship, especially after the unfortunate successes this summer of England at the U-20 World Cup and England U-18s’ triumph in Toulon? Big Website might have been forced into recreating an updated version of the doomed-to-fail 2008 classic: 20 stars to watch out for, featuring Gavin Hoyte, Nathan Delfouneso and Aidan White. Tarred with the ‘Golden Generation’ brush, another decade of disappointment would await for our young heroes. It’s best not to get Nathaniel Chalobah’s hopes up, he’s got another season in the reserves to get through.
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