Its nice to have the NZ community so supportive, especially considering my crap performance as U21 Coach so far. For all NZers, if you want to see my plans on how we are going to improve, and have your say (even if it's abuse :P), sign up for the new combo offsite here:
http://w11.zetaboards.com/BB_ECU/index/.
I agree this season hasn't been good, but as Chico pointed out there is only so much I can do. In Macau's case I could of CTed, and then lost every other game. And in regard to Nippon, I CT'd, I played how I thought the team would best play, and that's all I can do. It's not my choice whether a team CTs us or not.
Thanks guys for all the support. :)