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Another pointless poll...

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kinda good discussion none the less.

aaa...why not? study also got sem break la, they got winter break also kinda normal,not keh?

i dun understand at all....

who's that seven ppl hehehehe....

orange ball needed

good for the players...
but not good for the fans...

agree with you,we dont need this pointless thread

no comment also in the vote

This wouldn't be a pointless thread if the TS had put more information regarding winter breaks and why some quarters have been calling for it to be included into the English calender.
The main reason why this debate exists is because of European competitions. The Spanish and Italians have winter breaks and it has been argued that it is one of the reasons why they historically fare better in European competitions compared to the English.
Personally i do think having a winter break is a good idea...fatigue definitely plays a part when the season reaches the late stages. But there is an obstacle in that there are more matches that English teams have to play and i can imagine the schedule headache if there was a 1 month break.

seriously, wat can the TS(or we) do, if the poll majority say yes?

how long is the break in the spanish and italian leagues?

the answer could be that the english league makes the most money frm the xmas and new year fixtures where the holiday season draws in the crowds so more sponsorship, tv money and ticket sales, not to forget merchandise sales. after that, there will be a two week break in jan but that break has been mostly taken up by international firendlies or euro/world cup qualifiers. can the break be expanded into 1 mth? maybe, but the top teams in the league will face fixtures congestion imo...

good for managers, bad for fans

I say no. It's bad enough that I have to last a few months without footie now, add to that another few weeks for winter break and those international breaks, would be boring as hell. Haha.

Quality > quantity

If its true that winter break sort of improve performances as claimed by managers .. we could be seeing better performances from all the teams

The break for an English team before the Champions League final or international break is way too long in my humble opinion. They should have schedule it better so that the season will end in time for the international breaks and THEN, only have have a full season break.

in a nutshell: YES

EPL must have the winter break bcos UK have series snow fallin in December,player cant play well if we have a lot of snow at the field

lol it's bad enough if during December, there's no footy action.
If there's local football on telly, I guess I can live with it for that moment.

Gonna be boring as hell, but it's a good time for the managers and players to take a break though.

So, kesimpulannya.

Managers = Good
Us = Bad

I think many/most of the stadiums (if not all) have the underground soil heating system so it shouldn't be a big problem unless the heating system fail (like what happened 2 seasons ago where some games have to be postponed due to that).

i say put that goddam winter break get rid of the goddam carling cup n put the FA cup in that period instead 1 WC only is not good compare with italy 4 WC partly bcoz italy league got winter break so the player bcum more energize 4 the WC compare with england

This post has been edited by skylinegtr34rule4life: May 29 2007, 11:06 AM

ya, 1 of the reason why england fail to do well in those world cup and euro is the players already exhausted from the club football...

remove the carling cup larrrrr

one interesting thing is england is still on par with spain n italy 4 number of european cup winners by country despite the congesting fixture of epl

spain - 11 real madrid 9 barcelona 2
italy - 11 ac milan 7 inter milan 2 juventus 2
england - 10 liverpool 5 man utd 2 nottingham 2 (WHAT A FKIN DISGRACE!SITTING IN DIV 2 DY) aston villa 1

but i feel the statistic 4 england could have been higher if they got winter break

This post has been edited by skylinegtr34rule4life: May 29 2007, 11:19 AM

Have you seen matches in Russia?

During winter, the attendance and TV rating are generally higher because the fans have holiday that time. Thats why EPL refuse to have a winter break like other leagues do.

Money has the highest priority.

yes,they play in white field,not green field,same as Danish and Swedish League
we cant see a grass in some area bcoz a lot of snow

This post has been edited by faris21: May 29 2007, 12:11 PM

Instead of having winter break,
the EPL fixture is even more crowded during December.
this isnot healthy for the english football.

With cup games (FA Cup & Carling Cup) around and also sometimes those unnecessary international friendly games, they got no choice but to pack the schedule in December (Boxing Day n etc)

ya la....December is the time those club earn extra money......
btw despite the winter break, i would suggest January break.....
after all the December fixture and the final epl game will be closer to FA cup final and European cup final (if any English club can reach) so that the player will not lost their touch.........

lets call that TS to kick football week in week out for 52 weeks consecutive ....
90minutes full time of soccer on saturday .... let sunday be ur holiday...
weekdays be ur training time from 8am to 4pm...

then u will know wether you nid a rest or not...

Well u gain some and u lose some...

One man's trash is another man's treasure..Higher income means more money means more transfer fund...