After visiting England’s half-finished base camp near Rustenburg yesterday, the England coach has decided to stick to his plans and trust the builders. There had been doubt over the proposed camp as it currently appears to be nothing more than a building site.
The pitches, the medical center and training clubhouse are not finished but England have decided to put their faith in ‘Royal Bafokeng Holdings’;With 100 days left before the tournament begins, FIFA’s Jerome Valcke says the project is on course:
“At the time of the World Cup, the FA need the 68 rooms, the medical centre and pitches. There are two which are being worked on by an Irish company who are experts in grass. The rooms are there – there is a welcome desk where you can pay, a breakfast area where you can eat. There was a television and internet in the room.”
We shall see!
Maybe we should have these Irish grass merchants work on the French training pitches as well.
/Mr. Burns Finger Tap
@ phil – Off topic, but Pav looked pretty good in the mud against a tired Wigan team. Think he gets the start tomorrow?
It takes a bit longer with Irish grass experts. You have to keep reminding them, “Green side up!”
But they accept beer as payment.
@knocs: I hope so. But judging from the look on ‘Arry’s face after Pavs’ second, and the fact that ‘Arry and Pavs traded shots in the press after the match, I think we’ll still see more Peter Crouch than we would wish. Bleh.
I have never worked for beer, dammit. Whiskey, yes. But never beer.
There’s another report going around about how South Africa have to move their location for their training camp because the location they picked is too dilapidated to even consider remolding.
Is it me, or is this South African World Cup looking more bleak as the days go by?
Do we know the back-up sites?
>the England coach has decided to stick to his plans and >trust the builders.
I like how this makes it seem like he had a choice to make.
Less than 100 days from the WC, THERE WAS NO OTHER choice.
This was, as is known in the world of sports, “a vote of confidence”.
In italy, they also have those.
Except there its usually a two cheeked kiss… followed by a visit by unibrowed gentleman carrying piano wire.
I fully expect the SA contractor to have slipped off a bridge and drowned by next week.
The irish are experts in drinking and whining.
You want good grass? You ask the dutch.
And let’s make sure those bedrooms are ready by then, I’d hate to see what would happen to Lampsy if he has to deal with a duvet that hasnt properly been fluffed.
The potential for career ending injuries are plenty in sub standard hotel rooms.
And whatever you do, please for the love of god keeping him out of Becky’s room which will be covered wall to wall, floor and ceiling with mirrors to better admire himself.
@epiblast: At this point, it’s too late for FIFA to move the event to a back-up site. If they were going to do that, they should have done it months ago. The World Cup will be in South Africa, and some aspects of it will suck. Frankly, as long as the action on the field is great, I don’t care.