International Watch: October 2010

Thank heavens it's done with. Back to some real football. So how did the Wolves boys fare?

England Under-21s (beat Romania over two legs 2-1)

Michael Mancienne played in both games at right-back as he captained his side to qualification to Euro 2011 finals via playoffs.

Belgium - Kazakhstan (a) W 2-0; Austria (h) D 4-4

Jelle Van Damme played 80 minutes against the number one exporter of potassium. Unused sub in the 4-4 draw against Austria.

Republic Of Ireland - Russia (h) L 3-2; Slovakia (a) D 1-1

Kevin Doyle played 70 minutes before hobbling off against Russia. Worrying times. Stephen Ward and Kevin Foley were unused in both games.

Scotland - Czech Republic (a) L 1-0; Spain (h) L 3-2

Christophe Berra and Steven Fletcher got accustomed to the bench once again.

Serbia - Estonia (h) L 3-1; Italy (a) Match aborted after 6 minutes due to crowd trouble

Nenad Milijas warmed the bench up again.

Wales - Bulgaria (h) L 1-0; Switzerland (a) L 4-1

Wayne Hennessey pulled off a great performance against Bulgaria but was powerless to stop the Swiss' onslaught. Dave Edwards was a peripheral figure in the two games as he lasted 70+ minutes in both games.

In other international news, Marcus Hahnemann is contemplating calling it quits from the USA squad. Fingers crossed.

Aside from Doyle, everyone looks as though they've come back unscathed. Let's hope their backsides ain't too numb for Saturday.

And what good was playing Ashley Young then bringing on Shaun Wright-Phillips? Closer eye on the gold shirt with number 17 on the back of it when your next visit to the city please Fabio.

'Grobs'