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TOM SMITHIES, The Daily Telegraph THE Socceroos are poised to reprise the blueprint for World Cup success from 2005, using a charter flight to whisk the players back to Australia from the first leg of their World Cup qualifier with Syria in Malaysia. As Football Federation Australia still waits to learn the kick off time for the first leg, to be played at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Melaka on October 5, advanced plans have been drawn up for a bespoke flight back to Sydney after the game. The plan would mimic the Qantas 747 that flew Guus Hiddink’s side back from Montevideo in 2005 after the first leg of the playoff with Uruguay, and would involve a six-figure investment in the Socceroos’ hopes of making the World Cup. A dedicated plane would allow space for medical treatment and massages on the plane, as well as return the players to Sydney far more quickly than a commercial flight ahead of the second leg at ANZ Stadium on October 10. It’s believed that the kick off time for the Syria game in Melaka has provisionally been set for 8pm local time (11pm AEST), though there are thought to be concerns within the Asian Football Confederation that the relatively late start time in Australian terms would impact on viewing figures. FFA, which declined to comment on the possibility of booking a charter flight, has already sent several letters to FIFA expressing concern over the organisation of the match, with Melaka only confirmed late last week after the Syrian FA had sought to host the game in the Middle East. Australian officials have spent the days since trying to source a training base for the team in Melaka, which is some two to three hours’ drive from the capital Kuala Lumpur. The late confirmation of the game has made it impossible for FFA to secure enough business class flights on commercial flights out of KL after the game, a situation that is likely to hamper the Syrian FA’s plans to transport its team to Sydney for the second leg. It’s possible a charter flight could be booked to depart from Melaka Airport, which is currently used for a handful of regional flights each week, though a charter from KL is more likely. The 2005 flight became a significant weapon in Hiddink’s ultimately successful bid to lead Australia to qualification to the World Cup for the first time since 1974. Uruguay moved the kick-off until late in the evening, believing Australia would be forced to book economy class seats on commercial flights, only to be hoist by their own petard when FFA struck a deal with Qantas. After Australia missed out on an automatic spot at the World Cup earlier this month, FFA CEO David Gallop promised extra support for the playoffs with Syria and then against the fifth-placed Central and North American side in November. “We’ll do what we can off the pitch to make sure they’re in the best possible position to be celebrating at home on November 14,” Gallop said.
Socceroos v Syria, World Cup playoff: Australia to follow 2005 blueprint | Daily Telegraph
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TheSelectFew
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Betas. Who cares if you are on a flight with others. God.
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aussie scott21
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I still call Australia home
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sydneyfc1987
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Wait, so the game is now in Malaysia again? What the hell?
(VAR) IS NAVY BLUE
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hotrod
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+xWait, so the game is now in Malaysia again? What the hell? Miss the memo I see.
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Amateurs. Any shit they try pulling has already been tried by Uruguay.
Do these guys seriously think Aussies don't have a bit of know how on flying to and from Australia? LOL
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melbourne_terrace
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Easy PR for an Australian airline.
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+xBetas. Who cares if you are on a flight with others. God. More about immediate recovery patterns and time zone adjustment. The 2005 TV reports I remember, the Socceroos flew into Sydney much better refreshed than Uruguay, who took a commercial flight. In this instance, take the offer.
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If a charter flight helps whilst Syria have to fuck around with buses and commercial flights it has to be a good thing
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loool. i really really doubt daily telegraph readers are going to understand shakespearean references. let alone those that peruse the sports section. how does this make it past the editors?
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TheSelectFew
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+x+xBetas. Who cares if you are on a flight with others. God. More about immediate recovery patterns and time zone adjustment. The 2005 TV reports I remember, the Socceroos flew into Sydney much better refreshed than Uruguay, who took a commercial flight. In this instance, take the offer. Betas. We are playing Syria.
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FFS, a bunch of millionaire players getting the upper hand on a private plane against a team who hasn't played at home for 7 years and has half their squad because of a F$^&king war....embarrassing they'd print this.
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+xloool. i really really doubt daily telegraph readers are going to understand shakespearean references. let alone those that peruse the sports section. how does this make it past the editors? They know they're writing for Football supporters ;)
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Anyone heard the 30 man squad for this being named today?
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Davide82
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How or why are people complaining about this?
Do you guys even know what you are complaining about anymore or just go against whatever is written in articles?
If we had to get economy flights back the same people would be shouting "Fucking FFA couldn't organise a blergh blah"
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+xHow or why are people complaining about this? Do you guys even know what you are complaining about anymore or just go against whatever is written in articles? If we had to get economy flights back the same people would be shouting "Fucking FFA couldn't organise a blergh blah" Exactly, it's good to hear that the FFA are taking it seriously and trying to ensure the team get through to the next phase.
Insert Gertjan Verbeek gifs here
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tsf
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+xHow or why are people complaining about this? Do you guys even know what you are complaining about anymore or just go against whatever is written in articles? If we had to get economy flights back the same people would be shouting "Fucking FFA couldn't organise a blergh blah" The flight thing isnt the issue. It's more they write a story about it. It just makes them look pampered, especially against the opposition.
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Its probably not as critical as the previous time we chartered the flight from Uruguay, but still, cant leave any stone unturned.
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This is a no brainer and should fly out of Malacca rather than KL. If you consider the consequence of missing the world cup we need to be doing everything possible.
FWIW the article incorrectly says
"and then against the fifth-placed Central and North American side in November."
In fact it will be the 4th place side from CONCACAF.
BTW how do you post the content of the article directly to the forum with correct formatting and images and such? Good to avoid the paywalls.
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Is this coming out of the Futsal Budget ?
or knocked off the HAL cash offer to the Franchises ?
or the 3rd Marquee money ?
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Pyramid Timmy
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Will be a funny segment of the Movie as Syria Bradbury themselves all the way to Russia
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+xHow or why are people complaining about this? Do you guys even know what you are complaining about anymore or just go against whatever is written in articles? If we had to get economy flights back the same people would be shouting "Fucking FFA couldn't organise a blergh blah" There will always be complaints no matter what happens. Just different complaints from different people.
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Or different complaints from the same people
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Pyramid Timmy
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or the same complaints from Multiple people
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Surely could go one step further and do the proper Aussie thing by diverting Syria's flight to Nauru for "processing"?
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+x+xHow or why are people complaining about this? Do you guys even know what you are complaining about anymore or just go against whatever is written in articles? If we had to get economy flights back the same people would be shouting "Fucking FFA couldn't organise a blergh blah" The flight thing isnt the issue. It's more they write a story about it. It just makes them look pampered, especially against the opposition. Not really, it means that the FFA is actually taking it so very seriously because they know what is at stake. And I think that is worth reporting on.
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+xloool. i really really doubt daily telegraph readers are going to understand shakespearean references. let alone those that peruse the sports section. how does this make it past the editors? And how many of those editors (or writers) would appreciate it as one of the world's oldest known fart jokes?
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Pyramid Timmy
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+x+xloool. i really really doubt daily telegraph readers are going to understand shakespearean references. let alone those that peruse the sports section. how does this make it past the editors? And how many of those editors (or writers) would appreciate it as one of the world's oldest known fart jokes? thought that was Le Pétomane
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+xor the same complaints from buggalugs over and over.
(VAR) IS NAVY BLUE
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Pyramid Timmy
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+xor the same complaints from buggalugs over and over.
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