Like 3 weeks ago?!
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Considering my national team has been pointless to watch since 2018 except for those six matches where we just bullshitted our way into the world cup, so I dont have high hopes, nor do I care for this break
What really bugs me is how they squeeze extra friendlies into international qualifier breaks instead of just letting players have a rest.
You just can’t justify a friendly when clubs already have injuries and players need resting. So stupid
Think it’s due to the groups having an odd number of teams so they can’t all play at once
It is, and to be fair international squads get very few sessions together until a blitz before a major tournament so they would want some time together.
Having said that I hate international breaks.
On the brightside, it’s the last break until March. Not counting the winter break of course.
After this break, and the next break, there’s only 2 breaks left!
All the places which I resonate with (USA, Canada, Pakistan) have crap intl fixtures so I have a question for people with a strong intl team: Do you enjoy your intl team playing beyond the big tournaments? Do you switch on and watch with interest?
My guess is the majority will say yes due to Wembley etc always being filled up but curious regardless
No, I only care during tournaments for international football. I just use the international break to catch up on other stuff because you get club football pretty much everyday during the season, so it’s a good time to take a break for movies, tv shows, video games etc
For England the general rule is that nobody gives a shit during qualification and then everybody goes all in when we get to the actual competition. Qualification is a given these days and there’s no joy in watching massive mismatches against smaller countries. The only exception is when we’re in a group with a good side and people will watch that even if it’s just a qualifier (Italy being the recent example).
I watch Spain yes, and I’m going to Wembley on Friday
International breaks were always in September, October and November, but a few years ago some of the games were friendlies.
Does anyone actually care about international football though? I genuinely don’t feel any connection to the English National Team and it seems like every time there is an international break people just seem to be waiting around to watch their clubs again?
Most football fans around the world care how their national team does.
The solution is simple: stop having international breaks constantly and instead set aside a month either in season or at the end of the season for all international qualifiers to be played. That way the international teams get time to get into a groove by playing together, instead of this week together then a month off then a week together. This also stops club football from being so massively disrupted constantly, and allows for better spreading of cup and European commitments because it frees up a bit more time overall (when you consider that international week effectively wipes two weeks off the calendar but only results in two games played.) I’d be on board with the domestic season finishing in April then there is a month to play international matches in May, with players then getting June off and back for pre-season in July. In world cup and Euros years the schedule can maybe shift a few weeks given there will be no need for qualifier month in May.
Lost the winter break last year to the world cup, so now they are more frequent as they try to catch up, already not long after they increased the number of games by implementing the nations league. Almost as if UEFA & FIFA don’t actually care about anything but ticket money.
so many injuries that arent needed resulting from these pointless matches
Yes we on the international break.
As a spurs fan, I personally think international breaks are too short. They should be extended till the new year I think.
How do you think national associations like Malta get money? By having international games. The number of international games haven’t increased over the years it’s the club games that have increased. People accuse FIFA and UEFA of being money hungry when it’s the clubs who voted for more games in the CL so that they get more money, it wasn’t imposed on them by UEFA.
This sub really did a 180, I remember a post similar to this during the last break and people were telling OP to touch grass and that he can live without PL for a weekend.
You do realise international major tournaments cannot happen without international breaks
feels like we have one every 2 weeks and i hate it, i want to see club football