simo Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 Should we be thinking about introducing one in this country and if we did how would we fit it in ?
Thedelldays Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 no...as the the teams that really want it (top prem clubs) would not really have a break it would not be long before they would all be jetting off around the world playing "lucrative friendlies"
simo Posted 5 December, 2010 Author Posted 5 December, 2010 Fwtw I couldn't see it fitting in not enough time to play all the cup and league games as it is !
saint_bert Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 I would add one in during the next World Cup year. This would then be another excusse we couldnt use why other countries teams are far superior than ours.
Victor Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 Quite right, don't want the poor dears getting mud on their yellow boots do we. Why not take it a bit further and ask the Premiership players when they would prefer to fit a game in around their social lives? Perhaps help them by reducing the game to 70 mins to give them more shopping time?
Saint 76er Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 How do you know when it is going to snow? Nobody could have guessed in advance the chaos snow caused in November this year! Presumably a winter break would be 2-3 weeks in January. Who knows, it may be quite fine at that time next year and having a pre-arranged layoff would not help in trying to catch up on the backlog from the chaos caused this Nov/Dec. Of course, there will be a complete shutdown in '22 when Qatars WC gets shifted to January and we can all worry about sun stroke rather than snow ...
Badger Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 no...as the the teams that really want it (top prem clubs) would not really have a break it would not be long before they would all be jetting off around the world playing "lucrative friendlies" Ditto.
Saint_clark Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 no...as the the teams that really want it (top prem clubs) would not really have a break it would not be long before they would all be jetting off around the world playing "lucrative friendlies" This. Fwtw I couldn't see it fitting in not enough time to play all the cup and league games as it is ! And this.
Wade Garrett Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 It should stop just before Christmas, and start again on the FA Cup 3rd round weekend. Footballers are normal just like us and should be able to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with their families, or their favourite prostitutes.
Fan The Flames Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 no...as the the teams that really want it (top prem clubs) would not really have a break it would not be long before they would all be jetting off around the world playing "lucrative friendlies" This
Super_Uwe Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 It's difficult to see how it would work as the Christmas and New Year football schedule is so important to everyone in the UK. I absolutely love Boxing Day matches; yeah, the weather can be fairly crap, but there's just something about it that makes it great. Although I must say I haven't seen many Boxing Day classics though...! The only way I could see a winter break coming in is if we do indeed start to experience colder winters on a regular basis; as we saw this weekend, a lot of games were called off, so it might then make sense to put in a four week break that everyone can work around. Depends what our planet decides to do!
Matthew Le God Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 as we saw this weekend, a lot of games were called off Only in the lower leagues and/or on poor pitches.
sidthesquid Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 Winter break - no effing way. Football is a winter sport. It is one of things that makes an English winter bearable. I hate international breaks, never mind winter breaks.
Super_Uwe Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 Only in the lower leagues and/or on poor pitches. Yes that's true, but my point was rather to do with a sustained period of cold weather each winter. It's not just about whether the pitch is OK but whether the local infrastructure is able to cope with long spells of snow and ice (we saw this week that in some places it's not the best!). Sure, the Premier League/some Champ teams would be fine for the most part with their undersoil heating etc, but if it stayed below freezing for a long time then there might be more cancellations/fixture backlog etc. So in that respect a break might be needed if it's likely to happen every December/January. Anyway, these are all big ifs and I would not really want to see a winter break as it would mean the end of the festive fixtures.
aintforever Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 Totally unworkable, if you had a two week break in January you could very well get two weeks of severe snow the following weeks and up with a month of no football.
Huffton Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 Winter break - no effing way. Football is a winter sport. It is one of things that makes an English winter bearable. I hate international breaks, never mind winter breaks. This. Although being in League 1 has its advantages re international breaks!
paris Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 I think it's a good idea works well in other country's ....
Thedelldays Posted 5 December, 2010 Posted 5 December, 2010 IF we did..the league cup would have to be over before Xmas...and less England Friendlies
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