New England manager, Sam Allardyce called for a mid-season break for the Premier League in his first press conference as England manager old news as he as been calling for a season break for years. He said it would benefit his players and it would be in line with leagues in Germany and Spain.
I know the Bundesliga break over Christmas, which just happens to be in football over here the most popular time for crowds with attendance up particularly on Boxing Day. There has been talk of taking a break after the Boxing Day fixtures but again the likes of Sky and other TV broadcasters have pumped a lot of money into football and I can’t see them being happy with a break in the season.
Listening to Allardyce and others the break would turn the England team into world-beaters with Euros and World Cup soon finding their way into the FA trophy cabinet. That would also reduce the demands on the players both physically and mentally from the cruelty of their footballing masters with their pain diminishing. Christ I bleed for them.
While the Premier League is awash with money the same can’t be said of all but a few teams in the lower leagues where I wouldn’t think chairman would be happy losing two or three week’s income. That is if Allardyce is thinking about players in general or just the elite, probably the precious few. Then again, England players are 99.99% made up of Premier League players and the break would not be helpful for Wales and Northern Ireland who are more likely to use players from the lower leagues.
Didn’t the old Scottish Premier League have a winter break and wasn’t that a great help to the Scotland international football team.
I can see this happening with a Premier League break!
Pick a team say Manchester City. They could go away for a couple of weeks warm weather training and while they are there have a friendly or two. Maybe Liverpool are also on a warm weather break they could play an exhibition game they wouldn’t be playing for nothing, as there would be prize money for the game gate money as a sweetener.
Leave a lone I say but it’s bound to come one day only if the Premier League owners want a mid-season break. It will be a chance for foreign owners to take their club home to play games. Top line football will soon be totally owned by foreign investors.
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