They're at home but as 3 seed, could (should) be eyeing a potential away game in Poland in the future, and realistically they should want to take it easy against us.
Well, they weren't fooled. They probably didn't read that but it was worth a try.
No crunch, because as lemon eloquently posted elsewhere, it ends your chances of progressing and its too early to commit suicide with your season, so I'd rather take the risk and normal.
Inside box and one is an unusual choice at representative level, as pointed out to me by the opposition, but the gamble was necessary as I felt they'd attack us inside and we needed as many players with inside defence as possible, and they were best arranged in a box. I didn't, and still don't think we'd have won playing man to man so I don't feel it was a mistake.
To be brutally honest, I just feel they had better players than us and whatever we did was not going to be enough.
Sad that my u21 career ends with a defeat but that's how most NT and u21 jobs end. Good luck to whoever takes over.
Thanks for reading and thanks for voting for me 6 months ago.