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Socceroos decide on Honduran base for 2018 World Cup qualifierThe Socceroos will throw themselves into the fire ahead of their World Cup play-off with Honduras, opting to spend the lead-up week to their away match in the Central American nation. Coach Ange Postecoglou and Football Federation Australia have decided against basing the team in the United States ahead of the clash. Cahill double keeps World Cup dream aliveCahill twice headed home to give Australia a dramatic 2-1 win over Syria. In doing so, they'll give themselves the best chance to acclimatise. But the Socceroos will also be at the mercy of fanatical local support eager to see their country represented in Russia next year. "Los Catrachos" have reached the last two world cups off the back of a superb home record. On the road to the 2010, 2014 and 2018 tournaments, Honduras have lost just four of 25 home qualifiers. Honduras hosts the first match on November 11 (AEDT) before the second leg in Sydney on November 15. Australia's last two intercontinental play-offs – against Uruguay in 2001 and 2005 – provide a reminder of the hostilities the Socceroos can expect away from home.  Next stop Central America: Australia's Tim Cahill (centre) and Tomas Rogic acknowledge the crowd after their win over Syria at ANZ Stadium. Photo: AAPThe Socceroos based themselves in Montevideo in 2001, contending with fireworks outside their hotel rooms, hostilities in transit and even spitting fans at the airport. Then-FFA chief John O'Neill described the farce, which preceded a 3-0 defeat and a missed chance to go to the 2002 tournament, as an "orchestrated campaign by some pretty unsavoury parts of the Montevideo football establishment". Four years later, drawn against the same opponent, Guus Hiddink based his team in nearby Buenos Aires. It's not lost on Australian officials that the first-leg result in 2005, a 1-0 defeat, laid the platform to qualify the next week in Sydney. FFA's advance planning team has agonised over the call, deciding that measures can be put in place to ensure a smooth training and preparation ahead of the game. "We're certainly already looking at the logistics of being on the ground in Honduras," FFA chief executive David Gallop said when asked about special security provisions on Monday. "We'll have people there well in advance and we'll do what we can to make sure that we acclimatise and have ourselves in a position to play good football." Players will begin to arrive in Honduras from November 5, with latecomers landing on the following days. FFA is still awaiting advice from its Honduran counterparts, FENAFUTH, as to the venue and time of the match. The Olympic Stadium in San Pedro Sula – which has hosted each of the country's home qualifiers in this cycle – is all but certain to be the venue, but FFA aren't ruling out a last-minute change. Australian officials are also likely to book a charter flight back to Sydney, avoiding a marathon commercial flight that might get the team on home soil as late as Monday.
Socceroos decide on Honduran base for 2018 World Cup qualifier
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"FFA's advance planning team" 
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"We're certainly already looking at the logistics of being on the ground in Honduras," FFA chief executive David Gallop said when asked about special security provisions on Monday. "We'll have people there well in advance and we'll do what we can to make sure that we acclimatise and have ourselves in a position to play good football."
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+x"We're certainly already looking at the logistics of being on the ground in Honduras," FFA chief executive David Gallop said when asked about special security provisions on Monday. "We'll have people there well in advance and we'll do what we can to make sure that we acclimatise and have ourselves in a position to play good football."
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Get ready for sleepless nights, harassment at the airport, extra security at training sessions, and sabotage whenever they travel to and from their hotels. Better be careful what they eat too.
I swear to everything holy that if this decision was made by the FFA with the interest of saving money, then they can absolutely go fuck themselves. If this goes wrong and we aren't in the world cup because we get pounded in Honduras due to a week of the shit that we can expect from the Hondurans, none of those fuckers should be allowed near football for the rest of their lives. Seriously, I've pretty much had it with these decisions.
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Foolish decision
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They should prepare in a country next door and jet in the day before. Staying in Honduras for the preceding week is a BAD decision. Costa Rica or Mexico near their southern border would have been a better choice.
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Bwet me to it Holding Bidfielder
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Ludicrous decision. Why haven't we learnt from the two Uruguay experiences?
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The Socceroos will throw themselves into the fire ahead of their World Cup play-off with Honduras, opting to spend the lead-up week to their away match in the Central American nation.
In doing so, they'll give themselves the best chance to acclimatise.
Cabin feverFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group ends up in an isolated or solitary location, or stuck indoors in confined quarters for an extended period. Cabin fever describes the extreme irritability and restlessness a person may feel in these situations.[1] Cabin fever is also associated with boredom.
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+xThey should prepare in a country next door and jet in the day before. Staying in Honduras for the preceding week is a BAD decision. Costa Rica or Mexico near their southern border would have been a better choice. Miami looked good too. Lots of excellent facilities and a two hour flight away.
Insert Gertjan Verbeek gifs here
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+xGet ready for sleepless nights, harassment at the airport, extra security at training sessions, and sabotage whenever they travel to and from their hotels. Better be careful what they eat too. I swear to everything holy that if this decision was made by the FFA with the interest of saving money, then they can absolutely go fuck themselves. If this goes wrong and we aren't in the world cup because we get pounded in Honduras due to a week of the shit that we can expect from the Hondurans, none of those fuckers should be allowed near football for the rest of their lives. Seriously, I've pretty much had it with these decisions. Surely 1 night and flying in from Miami would be cheaper and less risk than staying there a week.
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This is a huge mistake. If you need to set up a base just do it in Costa Rica, althoughy my preferred option would be in the Southern regions of the US, Florida, Southern California or Texas. We need to go in there with a siege mentality, because they will not give us any favours. We are setting up ourselves for failure.
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Those that don't learn the lessons of history are bound to repeat mistakes..
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This has 2001 written all over it. What did we do in 2005? Wasn't it a smash and grab?
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FMD this is asking for trouble.
Surely we could learn from the Mexicans and Americans. How early do they arrive for a home game in Honduras?
Can I place a bet on half the team coming down with "food posioning"?
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Put the Hatamoto boys on the case for team security lel
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the ffa have screwed up big time. climatize in bloody miami ffs
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They'll get less sleep that week than a couple with a newborn
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This feels bad. Really bad.
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you guys reckon this is an Ange decision or an FFA decision?
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It's like he doesn't care or something
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+xyou guys reckon this is an Ange decision or an FFA decision? FFA micromanage everything, from who and where Socceroos play to probably Anges tie choice. It says in the article "FFA's advance planning team", not to be confused with the FFA's middle and primary planning teams or one of their many consultants.
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+x+xyou guys reckon this is an Ange decision or an FFA decision? FFA micromanage everything, from who and where Socceroos play to probably Anges tie choice. yeh, I reckon too, but this is crazy. Miami would have been a sensible choice Well what can we do now? If they play nice we'll play nice. Uruguay didn't get booed during their national anthem (and it got to them) for no reason. The night before the Uruguay game in 05, the Green and Gold Army got their revenge for what happened 4 years earlier. A group of them went to the carpark next to the hotel that Uruguay was staying in,,, and started making alot of noise.. security moved them away... Later on in the middle of the night,, they came back to the car park and lit fireworks,, the lights in the hotel rooms turned on.. mission accomplished I know there are some on this forum that don't like the Green and Gold Army... but I would like to think that they played a part (albeit small), in getting the Socceroos over the line and qualify for 06 WC. well that and the Qantas charter flight with massage tables on it :)
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By now, American Samoa must have realised that Australias 22-0 win over Tonga two days earlier was no fluke.
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Why don't the team dress up in disguises while they are there
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Football War - WikipediaThe Football War (Spanish: La guerra del fútbol), also known as the Soccer War or 100 Hour War, was a brief war fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. Existing tensions between the two countries coincided with rioting during a 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier. The war began on 14 July 1969, when the Salvadoran military launched an attack against Honduras. The Organization of American States (OAS) negotiated a cease-fire on the night of 18 July (hence "100 Hour War"), which took full effect on 20 July. Salvadoran troops were withdrawn in early August.
Buildup[edit]In June 1969, Honduras and El Salvador met in a two-leg 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier. There was fighting between fans at the first game in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa on 8 June 1969, which Honduras won 1–0. The second game, on 15 June 1969 in the Salvadoran capital of San Salvador, which was won 3–0 by El Salvador, was followed by even greater violence.[4] On 26 June 1969, the day a play-off match was to take place in Mexico City, El Salvador dissolved all diplomatic ties with Honduras, stating that in the ten days since the game in El Salvador 11,700 Salvadorans had been forced to flee Honduras. It said that as Honduras had "done nothing to prevent murder, oppression, rape, plundering and the mass expulsion of Salvadoreans", there was little point in maintaining relations.[5] It further claimed that "the government of Honduras has not taken any effective measures to punish these crimes which constitute genocide, nor has it given assurances of indemnification or reparations for the damages caused to Salvadorans".[6] El Salvador won the decisive third game 3–2 after extra time.
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