They made the final two tournaments ago.

That's just nuts! Or sounds nuts?! Hiddink wouldn't have that, nor would Capello, Van Gaal or a few coaching regimes... nor player regimes/groups (Like Australia's)! France seems an 'obvious' target, given their bad discipline record from previous World Cups, especially last one. They haven't performed well at a major tournament for a while now too, including again, a very underwhelming 2010 WC performance!

Can't be Spain - that just doesn't make sense?! Less it's used 'sparingly', 'strategically' - but here I am with double-standards presuming if it's 'France' they'd be one way, irresponsible, undisciplined, and if it's Spain, 'Oh no, that couldn't be'! :oops: :p

The Nightclub team is probably France or Spain.

Could be a positive spin-off from that, provided the team isn't too distracted, let alone sick from it? The 'humbler surrounds', isolated from the media pack, could do their younger team good? That was probably part of the intention anyway. Can't get much greater a struggle (Or relative adversity) than living near an open sewer? :o :p







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And one wonders who the 'Nightclub team' is! :shock: [-(

:lol: What a joke! :oops: For their fans! ](*,)

Edited by GloryPerth: 6/6/2014 12:51:01 AM

Actually, it's important to keep the players disciplined and focussed. Yeah, I guess other teams have their own routines, periods to mentally relax etc.. but we remember how Guus had the team batten down the hatches at an isolated, though idyllic hotel/former palace in Hohenlohe, near Stuttgart. He wanted us entirely isolated and disciplined to task and in that 'mental zone'.

The fact we more humble Aussies are prepared to undertake this more disciplined and perhaps minimal setting, reflects the focus, professionalism and determination of our boys - many who are used to the travel, adaptation and struggles in the professional football world, moving between European and Asian clubs and countries. What they have now is both relative paradise, perfect setting, but also hopefully not too ostentatious or over the top to distract them from the task at hand.

This is another advantage with our sides, the professionalism and expertise of the wider team management, fitness and medical staff too. Nothing will be left to chance. The regime will be down like clock work in what will be an ever intenser level of preparation and gearing up for Chile and co. They're not there for a picnic. The game-faces are already on as they are preparing for war.



:lol: :d

Edited by GloryPerth: 6/6/2014 12:24:34 AM

Do you ever post anything that isn't fucking insipid?

I bet there was a sigh of relief around the hotel room when Kewell retired and they got told putting a Stair Lift to Harry's room wasn't going to be necessary.

Gotta hand it to the FFA. At least they know how to organise a proper base at the WCs.
And because none of our players are world beaters, they probably feel out of place demanding shit like a PS5 in every hotel room and their own private Thai Massage with 3 girls or something.

Wasn't a whole bunch of stale food confiscated from the England and Italian hotels as well?

I reckon we are looking okay. While Portugal is wasting time playing fifa on the playstation, the FFA has hopefully gone all out and purchased a copy of Football Manager. That should get our team selections and tactics on the right track.

The luxury.

Edited by Burztur: 27/5/2014 09:09:44 AM

All sounds great!

Now I feel even more depressed that I never made it to Socceroos quality - would have loved to be rewarded with this kind of setup!

Was there much point?

Socceroos to live it up in World Cup luxury in Brazil while Poms sweat by sewer
MICHAEL PLACE SUNDAY HERALD SUN MAY 24, 2014 10:28PM SHARE

FOR once, maybe the Poms have a reason to whinge.

While the English soccer team has been caught up in a storm after it was revealed its World Cup hotel overlooks Brazil’s biggest slum and has on open sewer passing the front, the Socceroos will soon find themselves in far more luxurious surroundings.

The Sunday Herald Sun was given exclusive access to the team’s five-star accommodation at the Ilha do Boi hotel in coastal Vitoria, about 520km northeast of Rio de Janeiro.

A $600-a-night apartment has 81sq m of floor space with flat-screen TVs, an inbuilt spa and ocean views.

Arguably the most privileged view is from the Master Suite, reserved for Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou.

“Maybe he (Postecoglou) won’t want to leave his room,” the hotel’s operations manager Lanca Junior said.

The hotel is on an idyllic peninsula about 8km from the Brazilian city of Vitoria.

The Socceroos have been promised a “big surprise” on arrival on Wednesday.

“The details will only be known when the team walks in the door, but it’s going to be something special, something that will make the team feel very welcome,” he said.

Footballing superstars have been making rock-star-like demands ahead of their Brazil arrival, but Lanca Junior said the Aussies’ requests were “simple and reasonable”.

While Portugese players reportedly sought a PlayStation in every room and another team wanted a floor set aside as a nightclub, the Aussies have made plainer demands - they want baked beans and spaghetti.

“In Brazil, beans are a national dish but we eat them with a savoury sauce,” Lanca Junior said. “We don’t have canned beans with sweet tomato sauce in Brazil so our chef is preparing the dish especially for the team. It will be as close to the baked beans they are used to in Australia as we can possibly make it.”

The hotel’s meal schedule will be tailored to the Socceroos’ needs, including 2am dinners following matches.

Apart from culinary instructions, team officials have requested beds be at least 2m in length and that all rooms - including leisure areas, the restaurant and meeting rooms - be fitted with televisions showing World Cup matches.

With no shortage of in-house activities on offer to distract players from World Cup pressures, the hotel also provides relaxing panoramas of the Atlantic.

Each of the hotel’s 63 employees has been taking English classes for the past year.

On Monday, locals who have returned to Brazil after living in Australia will speak to staff about the country’s culture, geography and customs.

“We’ve made a big effort to make sure our staff is prepared,” Lanca Junior said.

“These are no ordinary guests.”

About 15km across town from Ilha do Boi is the Unimed Sicoob Arena, the Socceroos’ training base.

The stadium, which belongs to local club Desportiva Ferroviaria, has received a $1.2 million upgrade ahead of the Socceroos’ visit. Improvements include refurbished stands, a new scoreboard, dressing room renovations, including the installation of air conditioning, and a FIFA-standard pitch with the same Bermuda grass used at Brazil’s 12 World Cup stadiums.

Unlike many of the country’s World Cup stadiums and airports, Unimed Sicoob Arena’s redevelopment has already been completed.

“Everything is ready for the Australian team so that they can prepare and train in the best way possible,” Desportiva Ferroviaria’s football manager Pedro Soares said.

The manager says the people of Vitoria have adopted the Socceroos as their second team.

“Of course we want Brazil to win the World Cup, but Australia has won the affection of the people here,” he said.

“There are people approaching me every day asking, ‘Have the Australians arrived yet?’. There is so much excitement.”


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/socceroos-to-live-it-up-in-world-cup-luxury-in-brazil-while-poms-sweat-by-sewer/story-e6frf7jo-1226930505849