Oly-whites (the Olympic campaign)

my Freeview box might come in handy for the Olympics afterall!

nah sorry mate.. don't know where they are staying

I have the teams address at home ... will let you know when I get it.

they may not intend to prevent us taking our place Stevo , but i suppose i'd rather lean on them now rather than whinge about it  later if it all turns to custard tigers2008-03-07 17:27:26

the nerves are good now...its turned into a nice ride home on the train

Can someone confirm that we won 2-0 ... we lost the updates in the last 5 mins

It's a matter of money. The NZOC has very little money compared to other olympic committees and it's hard to justify sending an athlete(s) that won't be competitive. Belive me, they hate to do it but they sometimes HAVE to.

I is gettin' no love from the Oceania site

Pretty sure OFC and FIFA cover a lot of the football costs anyway...

89'- New Zealand just playing out time until the final whistle now

 

TIME ADDED ON: 4 minutes

 

FULLTIME: NZL 2 SOL 0

It now says full time

2-0

I'll try getting in touch with one of the NZOC guys to see what he knows.

Well done Whiteys.  Never had any doubts really... 

The whiteys showed their mighty power over the Solos by making them eat the dirt on the pitch.
Reading those kinds of comments make following the games that much more enjoyable.

So am I right in thinking we won 2-0, Solomons finished with 8 on the field (!?) and we finished with 11 on the field?

Old to move to the Phoenix front line and Siggy signed in defence?

Good news for the Oly-Whites. 

We shouldn't have trouble against the Cooks, and if we do then we don't deserve to go to Beijing 

Don't count our chickens yet.

Rob Wardell to play for Olywhites

I think we're getting a little bit paranoid aren't we???  A 15 team comp is hardly desirable.  The Oly-whites can smell the rice paddies already!!!!! 

Stevo2008-03-07 23:44:58

The Olympic don't start until 8th August and so allowing a week early for some events that may start before the 8th. Any withdraws would be done by 1st July. Plenty of time for them to figure it out.

The Olympic selections would be hard pushed to reject the Olywhites team, once they finish the Cook Islanders. Straight wins are what counts and how smart they conducted their tournament strategy not just number of goals scored.

FIFA does handle the Olympic football so, the OFC will have some funding for the Oceania Reps.

Gotta agree with Mr Dean. A little positive publicity from the footballing public won't do the olywhites any harm.

Have you ever spoken to a member of the Olympic committee on the subject? If the money was avaliable they would send everyone that qualifies. The object of the Olympics is participation, rather than the popular misconception that it is about winning. If it was about winning the IOC wouldn't actualy be encouraging (and helping finance I think) African swimmers and the like.

Competetiveness is simply the most acceptable answer to the problem, think how angry the public would be if uncompetitive athletes were sent instead?

I would love to see the Oly-Whites at the Olympics and yes we do need to apply pressure to make sure they go.

Do the olympics still allow 3 over age players?  If so when we throw Nelsen, Killen and Elliot into our team we look ok to compete.

As I understand a copy of the Dan keat/Spenser Noal video obtained from Fiji TV was sent to FIFA as an mpg and the FIFA Disciplinary Committee made its decision accordingly.

My personal view - if I can share it - is that if you measure a red card by, say, the Beckham incident at the FIFA World Cup - France 98, then any type of "clash" is going to draw attention from a referee.

That's more likely to escape unpunished in, say, Northern League. The NZFC is similar. If there is a competition on earth where you will likely get away with it, its the A-League.

But like British teams in Europe, they must adapt. Simply playing a certain way in another competition is no justification for taking that same approach in a different competition, different environment.

It is simply not worth retalitating.

Spenser Noal was suspended for two matches and fined 2000 CHF for serious foul play.


Gordon Glen Watson
OFC Media and Communications Officer

2 articles on front page - 1 on the match, 1 on the  Olympic dream

yet he does for the english game? rated by some as the best in the world?

I think he's being sarcastic muso. Or stirring sh*t.

I'd put Nelsen in the team, but I wouldn't put in Elliot and I don't know about Killen either.  If Killen was on form then yes, otherwise I'd give Smeltz his place, and I'd give Sigmund or Brown Elliot's place.