Oly Whites vs Japan | Saturday 31st July | 9.00pm | Kashima, Japan

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Does anyone have a link to a good stream?

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newzealandpower
Does anyone have a link to a good stream?

 
I dont know why i bother but here
https://myp2p.at/soccer
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Just didn't contribute much in the last match and id say with Waine starting we are aiming to use our height advantage. 
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Marto
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/26/footballs-olympics-status-is-too-much-of-a-joke-for-it-remain-games

Sadly here in Blighty we've seen very little of the men's footie and not a minute of the OlyWhites to change his mind.
That article is just a filler written by a generalist sports writer, so he pick up his pay.  For me it says nothing.
except that he's an excellent journalist who writes extensively on football and is well respected in those circles. Disagree with his opinion by all means, but his credentials stack up and he never just phones it in.
He has written extensively on a range of sports, hence being a generalist and is certainly not regarded as one of the top end of football journalists who write for the guardian.
As for writing about the joke value of football at the Olympics.  Liew clearly doesn't understand that the tournament is part of the the International Entertainment industry that is football and the interest it generates.  (Perhaps he thinks the world revolves around England still - rule Britannia....)  
It is crucially important for the future of the game in countries like NZ, where our teams (m&f) otherwise do not get experience on a world stage in this crucial gap between youth and senior competition.  The tournament is even more important for the careers of players who otherwise would not get the competition and exposure.
For me, the article says nothing of worth.  It constructs no arguments and carries no news.
 
I would like FIFA to force clubs to let their best under-23 players to go to the Olympics. If not, I don't think it should be there. Shouldn't have Olympic competitions where a lot of top athletes aren't at the sport. Under-23 is ok, but should be the best of them there. Women's football should stay. On the same grounds I would also dump a few other men's sports: Rugby Sevens, Baseball, Basketball 3x3.
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Well we’ve won the singing at least…
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im not sure how i can watch the first 15mins with the sevens on! 
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Just in the last 30 minutes could be great for us
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i like our setup. the middle three are not too deep
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Ben Waine an energiser bunny 
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Jeepers we retreated back to let them run straight into box.
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Good attacking football
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Probably can't rely on Japan missing too many chances like that. Disappointing from a corner.
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Wrote a whole paragraph which seems to have dissapeared, but it basically boils down to - I like this setup
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Lewis already given the ball away a couple of times.. Really seems off his game. 
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Lewis is crud
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Sloppy stuff already. Poor passing. And some whining from some of the Japanese players. 
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i just love the way we are moving the ball around
this is the sort of football i love seeing us play
japan are clearly class, but we're coping well and doing our own thing well
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The setup is good, but a lot of poor play.
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Can’t believe Lewis getting crap compared to Elliot. But a few have their radar off.
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yeah, we have obvious weak spots. both llewis and elliott can be easily run around
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That’s not a foul let alone a card. 
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Elliot can't put a foot right at the moment. Nervous stuff. Like seeing Wood up front with Waine.
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look at what garbett is offering compared to lewis. so disappointing
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Elliot and Lewis are piss poor
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Elliot and Lewis are piss poor
 
 Cacace hasn’t been tip top either, but we’re hanging in there. 
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Japan look dangerous in final third, but rest of park we are forcing them into giving the ball away, just not taking advantage of it well enough.
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looking gooood!
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reg22
looking gooood!

We'd be dominating if Singh was in that midfield (for Lewis?)
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eliott's a bit of a mess
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We’ve been lucky Japan has been off their game a little too.
But we haven’t been overwhelmed yet.
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What’s happened to the Cacace from the Nix?
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We’ve been lucky Japan has been off their game a little too.
But we haven’t been overwhelmed yet.
I think we've been really impressive in breaking up their natural game, rather than just Japan having an indifferent night.
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martinb
We’ve been lucky Japan has been off their game a little too.
But we haven’t been overwhelmed yet.
I think we've been really impressive in breaking up their natural game, rather than just Japan having an indifferent night.
 
That too, but they’ve missed some easy opportunities too.
 
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40min in and we are doing ok. Come on boys!
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We've set up our stock by the look of it, but just feels that our midfield is too narrow to effect anything going forward and when we're not in possession Japan move it left or right and they're in behind. That combined with some of our sloppy passing and we're not giving ourselves too much of a chance to get forward.

That said, Japan are a class team. Would just like to see a bit more from our boys.

Come on lads 👏👏👏
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I've only tuned in since the women's 7s ended but we've looked fairly terrible from what I've seen...

Edit: it seems others think we played well so perhaps it was just a bad ten minutes. 
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Good 1st half
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Also, I read something about if we win this we're guaranteed a medal? How does that work out? Surely got to win 3rd/4th place match or am I missing something here?

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