Is the international break a good idea?

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Is the international break a good idea?

Post by beeholeclaret » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:55 am

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere. Just thinking back to the good old days when footballers selected for their country simply turned up on a Sunday, trained together for a few days, then played their game on a Tuesday / Wednesday, travelled home on Thursday and ready for their club game on Saturday.

I know that most clubs have players from all over the globe but surely it was simpler back then and no need for wholesale cancellation of the full league programmes which most of us prefer to watch in any case.

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by Rileybobs » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:11 am

Not sure why people have an issue with international breaks. The same number of domestic games are played every season.

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:14 am

No it's tedious.

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by RVclaret » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:20 am

Unbelievably boring but not sure if that's just England/Southgate.

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by tiger76 » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:42 am

I'll let you know after we've played Cardiff.

Regarding fans if you have no real interest in international footy I can totally understand why you'll find it tedious.

I only hope all our guys presently engaged on international duty come back fit and well, one advantage it might give us is allowing some of our fringe players minutes to build up their match fitness.

However, the reverse angle is it might disrupt our growing momentum.

This season especially will be unique due to the WC mid season, so clubs will have to learn how best to deal with it if they are to enjoy a successful campaign.

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by distortiondave » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:01 am

We should ban the summer break too.

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:03 am

International football died the day England appointed Gareth Southgate

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by Carwin261 » Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:23 am

Just get nicely into the season,then you have 2 week gap between games.

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by pistol » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:21 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:03 am
International football died the day England appointed Gareth Southgate
that suggests it was alive and kicking under Hodgson and in that game vs Iceland

Surely whats followed has been quite a bit of an uplift on that (bar anything this year granted)

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by Cooclaret » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:23 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 11:03 am
International football died the day England appointed Gareth Southgate
I wouldn’t listen to Coldplay\Radiohead if I were you bud.

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Re: Is the international break a good idea?

Post by Cooclaret » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:25 pm

I really enjoyed the experience of watching the women’s game during the international break. Gave it a platform all on its own and my daughter and boys loved sitting and watching it.

Plus we had the Grand final to watch.

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