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Winter Break

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If a winter break is supposed to help the English national side it might be an idea for some of them to have more than one or two English players in their starting XI.

Last night there were two English players on show in the Watford Vs Chelsea game. If anything a winter break in UK is gonna help other national sides rather than England.
 
Part of the problem is too many internationals breaks IMO.

There’s 6 weeks off domestic football before we’ve even reached mid-November, sometimes for pointless international friendlies, thanks to 3 early international breaks.

It means that straight after these breaks are done, the schedule is far too hectic with PL clubs and their European schedule and also FL clubs playing 2 times a weeks back to back, thanks to internationals nobody is bothered about.

If there’s to be a break it should be after the traditional Xmas schedule, perhaps a 3-4 week period in January when the transfer window is open.
 
It won't happen but reduce the size of the top divisions & regonalize the lower ones.

18 in the Prem & 20 in the championship and league 1. League 2, North and South comprising of 20 teams in each. Cuts down on the fixtures, particularly midweek ones & cuts down on the costs for lower league clubs. Attendances would rise in the lower leagues as more derby fixtures and overall income would exceed what it is now.
 
Nishtar36 said:
Chill out, lasher. I don't even have a sky/ BT subscription, but I think I read that football was on TV for something like 18 days in a row over December and January, it's excessive.

As someone else said, a Winter Break is a just a sensible thing to have. There are no negatives to it as long as it doesn't impact the sacred Boxing Day/ New Years Day English fixtures.

We play too much football, players get fatigued and pick up injuries. I think that the foreign clubs have an advantage in the Champions League because their players are coming into it on the back off a 2-3 week rest period, I think foreign based players will probably have an advantage in summer because they won't have been playing football for 10 months straight.

It's hardy a revolutionary idea, its common sense IMO.
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Not really mate. wonder what percentage of players in the WC (foreign players) will actually play in the Prem anyway. Also, English players pull out over 1 tiny niggle when it comes to England games then make a fast recovery surprise surprise for then next game 5=for Utd etc 5 days later. The Germans, French, Spanish, Brazilians all go and travel to play for their country and they seem ok. As California says, England do badly because in a Nutshell, they are shit.
 
California_PNE said:
i hate posts like this really - if you're going to give an argument then back it up dont just critisise people who fucking love football in ENGLAND

the fact is (traditionally the german league stops because the weather this time of year makes football unplayable, but this will change due to mild winters and the rest of europe looking enviously at EPL EFL this is a fact, the worlds TVs tune into EPL for christmas and jan - this makes us unique and appealing to the global tv audience

the winter break will happen - in line with the points you make which is basically we will win the world cup if we take a break for a few weeks - bullshit. 69.2% of foreign players play in the premier league. all that will happen is the prem teams will fuck off and play friendlies around the world and making deli ali movies, the players wont be sat at home 'resting' playing playstation so we're not dinosaurs we're people with an opinion and burnt from years of this sort of bullshit pushed on us.

england dont fail in world cups because they dont have a winter break
we are shit because we have a team of players who consistently display poor football intelligence and a poor team spirit

man city play loads of games because they're good and firing in 4 competitions
pep will without at doubt want a break, who doesnt
they get tired, they have massive squads and loads of money

think its you that needs to get real and start applying some critical thinking toward the bullshit we're spoon fed by the media or people in power
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Why the aggression? Not the first time you've come across over-aggressive on here. Doesn't really bother me, but can't be good for your health.

Secondly, you've completely twisted my word's into an assumption. Please show me where I said England would win the world cup as a benefit of the break? I was merely insinuating the benefit of less games (Chelsea benefited massively last year from the European absence, winning the title).

Thirdly, how do you know the PL teams would take a summer break - oh you don't, you've just assumed this...

Next time you apply some 'critical thinking' be sure to post a factual response, and not just pure guesswork, cha.
 
Results from the BBC Poll. Majority say yes, my guess is they are Premier League fans.


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Here are the results:

Yes
58%

No
42%
 
VivaVivaBaby said:
Why the aggression? Not the first time you've come across over-aggressive on here. Doesn't really bother me, but can't be good for your health.

Secondly, you've completely twisted my word's into an assumption. Please show me where I said England would win the world cup as a benefit of the break? I was merely insinuating the benefit of less games (Chelsea benefited massively last year from the European absence, winning the title).

Thirdly, how do you know the PL teams would take a summer break - oh you don't, you've just assumed this...

Next time you apply some 'critical thinking' be sure to post a factual response, and not just pure guesswork, cha.
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whats your argument then, have a break because germany do?????
what does that mean, as i said their break comes from poor winter weather making watching football for supporters unbearable/dangerous; this is changing.

and if you dont think that the winter break is another way for the EPL to make more money you're an idiot, cha. harlem globe trotting around the world making millions - it wont be a break it will be a EPL pause with little european tournaments being played in USA middle east far east.

(i dont give a shit how much chelsea benefited, i am a north ender and i think english football is perfectly fine as it is, cha)
 
california_pne said:
whats your argument then, have a break because germany do?????
What does that mean, as i said their break comes from poor winter weather making watching football for supporters unbearable/dangerous; this is changing.

And if you dont think that the winter break is another way for the epl to make more money you're an idiot, cha. Harlem globe trotting around the world making millions - it wont be a break it will be a epl pause with little european tournaments being played in usa middle east far east.

(i dont give a shit how much chelsea benefited, i am a north ender and i think english football is perfectly fine as it is, cha)
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lol
 
Nishtar36 said:
Don't see any negatives in a Winter Break.

Manchester City have played 40 games in 6 months, Manchester United similar. By the end of the season they'll have played around 60 games, with very little rest between games. Players are knackered already, it's unsustainable.

A 2-3 week break in January would allow players to rest and recover, would probably reduce the chances of muscle injuries in the latter stages of the season and would give fans a break from the relentless winter period of games on TV basically every day. Harry Kane will be going into this World Cup having played around 60 games with very little recovery time between games, he'll be dead on his feet. It works for Italy, Germany, Spain...

Scrap FA cup replays. Start the season a week earlier, finish it a week later.
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scrap replays? so you wouldnt have wanted us to hold out for a draw against Man U or Arsenal recently and earn a trip + £1m from replays at Old T & Emerites?

if the pampered stars are tired let them skip a few ~Euro group games.... or use their reserve 30 odd players occasionally.
 
California_PNE said:
i hate posts like this really - if you're going to give an argument then back it up dont just critisise people who fucking love football in ENGLAND

the fact is (traditionally the german league stops because the weather this time of year makes football unplayable, but this will change due to mild winters and the rest of europe looking enviously at EPL EFL this is a fact, the worlds TVs tune into EPL for christmas and jan - this makes us unique and appealing to the global tv audience

the winter break will happen - in line with the points you make which is basically we will win the world cup if we take a break for a few weeks - bullshit. 69.2% of foreign players play in the premier league. all that will happen is the prem teams will fuck off and play friendlies around the world and making deli ali movies, the players wont be sat at home 'resting' playing playstation so we're not dinosaurs we're people with an opinion and burnt from years of this sort of bullshit pushed on us.

england dont fail in world cups because they dont have a winter break
we are shit because we have a team of players who consistently display poor football intelligence and a poor team spirit

man city play loads of games because they're good and firing in 4 competitions
pep will without at doubt want a break, who doesnt
they get tired, they have massive squads and loads of money

think its you that needs to get real and start applying some critical thinking toward the bullshit we're spoon fed by the media or people in power
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well said.... add to that Germany probably only have 6 good teams and not a good 2nd tier or lower and the comparison with English football is false
 
sports rehab said:
scrap replays? so you wouldnt have wanted us to hold out for a draw against Man U or Arsenal recently and earn a trip + £1m from replays at Old T & Emerites?

if the pampered stars are tired let them skip a few ~Euro group games.... or use their reserve 30 odd players occasionally.
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Yes, I'd scrap replays.
 
It's bad enough when we have no footy for the weekend due to international breaks. Imagine two or three weeks of no footy.
 
California_PNE said:
you potentially fall foul of your own message? 🙂

England national under-17 football team - world cup winners 2017
England national under-20 football team - world cup winners 2017

winter break is total bullshit imo
because the players wont get any 'rest' during this period cause they'll be flying allover the world playing 'friendlies' and doing deli ali videos

NOTHING to do with winter break

it is to do with footballing intelligence and team spirit; for which we lack - skill, technical ability, physical ability we're at the same level of our peers i couldnt be convinced otherwise
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Correct. And didn't we once win the World Cup? Playing 42 top flight games compared to 38? And with goodness knows how many FA cup replays? And in any case, the World Cup is only once every four years. Why should every season then have a winter break if the purpose is to help us win a tournament that only comes around every four years and which we may not even qualify for?
 
Scrapping replays is just another sop to the selfish Premier League . Newport have just earned a replay which will pay for their training ground (fact)If teams want less games give up so many European games -oh sorry they earn them more bucks to pay disgusting wages to their players. The Champion's League used to be for the Champions and the holders and a knock out but now it is a league basis to get more money.
 
Dreyfuss said:
If a winter break is supposed to help the English national side it might be an idea for some of them to have more than one or two English players in their starting XI.

Last night there were two English players on show in the Watford Vs Chelsea game. If anything a winter break in UK is gonna help other national sides rather than England.
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kellys eye said:
scrapping replays is just another sop to the selfish premier league . Newport have just earned a replay which will pay for their training ground (fact)if teams want less games give up so many european games -oh sorry they earn them more bucks to pay disgusting wages to their players. The champion's league used to be for the champions and the holders and a knock out but now it is a league basis to get more money.
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^^^^^this^^^^^
 
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