Comments on: Does The Premier League Need a Winter Break? http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/ Football News Fri, 25 May 2012 18:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Should Premier League teams stop playing in the Carling Cup? http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-84036 Should Premier League teams stop playing in the Carling Cup? Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:02:59 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-84036 [...] plays on when major leagues across Europe pack it in for a winter break. We’ve talked about the need (or lack thereof) of a winter break in the Premier League before, with medical opinion supporting the case for a short break in [...] [...] plays on when major leagues across Europe pack it in for a winter break. We’ve talked about the need (or lack thereof) of a winter break in the Premier League before, with medical opinion supporting the case for a short break in [...]

]]> By: Frankie http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-70379 Frankie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:14:11 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-70379 Yes, there should be a winter break. It would be good for the health and fitness of the players, particularly the top ones who play internationals throughout the season and are usually involved in international tournaments at season's end. Excessive use of players is a problem throughout major English sport. It can be seen in Rugby Union and Cricket. And then people wonder why the English teams don't always perform well. Apart from issues of skill and technique across the sports, I've felt for a long time that it also has to do with fatigue. Fatigue is cumulative. Players rarely get the chance to throw off niggling injuries. A winter break would help, provided the clubs were not then permitted to go take the first team squad on money spinning tours to the Far East! Yes, there should be a winter break. It would be good for the health and fitness of the players, particularly the top ones who play internationals throughout the season and are usually involved in international tournaments at season’s end.

Excessive use of players is a problem throughout major English sport. It can be seen in Rugby Union and Cricket. And then people wonder why the English teams don’t always perform well. Apart from issues of skill and technique across the sports, I’ve felt for a long time that it also has to do with fatigue. Fatigue is cumulative. Players rarely get the chance to throw off niggling injuries. A winter break would help, provided the clubs were not then permitted to go take the first team squad on money spinning tours to the Far East!

]]> By: ManU http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-70343 ManU Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:38:30 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-70343 I think that an introduction of the winter break will see to it that the smaller/below top 4 to challenge for the title. Most times we seen that capable teams are kept out of the top 4 simply because the top 4 have very deep squads and usually, the title is decided during the period after chirstmas, because the fatigue will kick in and most teams' depth arent so much. By implmenting a break, teams will be stronger than before. This should be the reason wenger dont support the idea because top 4 are top 4 because of their depth. Implementing a break will make it harder to reach top 4 again so i guess thats what the managers are afraid of.... Anyway, a new football mangement game for you guys, this is more in-depth and best of all, goes on forever with no reset! www.trophymanager.com/index.php?ref=101203 I think that an introduction of the winter break will see to it that the smaller/below top 4 to challenge for the title. Most times we seen that capable teams are kept out of the top 4 simply because the top 4 have very deep squads and usually, the title is decided during the period after chirstmas, because the fatigue will kick in and most teams’ depth arent so much. By implmenting a break, teams will be stronger than before.

This should be the reason wenger dont support the idea because top 4 are top 4 because of their depth. Implementing a break will make it harder to reach top 4 again so i guess thats what the managers are afraid of….

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]]> By: Jay Jay http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-69777 Jay Jay Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:21:27 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-69777 On one side of the coin i support the winter break in England; reason it has costed the team i support the champions league trophy quite often. Febuary the month when knockout stages start teams from other leagues are fresh coz of the break and teams from england have started burning out; that why they rarely perfom better when versing better teams that have had a winter break. but on the other side of the coin i dont want it to happen coz it will kill the momentum of the teams and commercially this is the time clubs record record attendances and ticket sales, meaning it would be detrimental to clubs monetary wise. An to us the fans what a boring winter season it would be. Who wouldnt want to enjoy the trickery of the likes of ronaldo(sorry the Man Utd haters)and all the skilful players in that festive season!!!! No Winter Breaks, Phil Neville was MAD to advocate for it!?? On one side of the coin i support the winter break in England; reason it has costed the team i support the champions league trophy quite often.

Febuary the month when knockout stages start teams from other leagues are fresh coz of the break and teams from england have started burning out; that why they rarely perfom better when versing better teams that have had a winter break.

but on the other side of the coin i dont want it to happen coz it will kill the momentum of the teams and commercially this is the time clubs record record attendances and ticket sales, meaning it would be detrimental to clubs monetary wise.

An to us the fans what a boring winter season it would be. Who wouldnt want to enjoy the trickery of the likes of ronaldo(sorry the Man Utd haters)and all the skilful players in that festive season!!!!

No Winter Breaks, Phil Neville was MAD to advocate for it!??

]]> By: To What Extent Will the African Nations Cup affect Premiership Clubs? | Soccerlens - Football News Blog http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-69706 To What Extent Will the African Nations Cup affect Premiership Clubs? | Soccerlens - Football News Blog Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:13:10 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-69706 [...] of Sven-Goran Eriksson advocating a winter break for the Premiership (Editor’s note: see James Massoud’s discussion on the topic here on SL). It's a popular opinion on the continent that there are too many games played in [...] [...] of Sven-Goran Eriksson advocating a winter break for the Premiership (Editor’s note: see James Massoud’s discussion on the topic here on SL). It’s a popular opinion on the continent that there are too many games played in [...]

]]> By: Tripp http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-68120 Tripp Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:42:34 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-68120 I agree. If there were a winter break, that would just eat up the summer break and we'd have a lot of the same problems. Given all of the directions that the players are pulled though, I don't know how all of it could be accommodated. Something's going to have to give. I agree. If there were a winter break, that would just eat up the summer break and we’d have a lot of the same problems. Given all of the directions that the players are pulled though, I don’t know how all of it could be accommodated. Something’s going to have to give.

]]> By: DUUDELOVE http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-68077 DUUDELOVE Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:22:59 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-68077 i say remove all unnecessary international friendlies during the season. Look what happened to Michael Owen getting injured in a pointless game against Austria; reducing an already thin England squad and hampering their chances of qualifying. i say remove all unnecessary international friendlies during the season. Look what happened to Michael Owen getting injured in a pointless game against Austria; reducing an already thin England squad and hampering their chances of qualifying.

]]> By: Andrei http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-67942 Andrei Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:38:17 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-67942 It might be a good idea to have a two week break in January since football during the Christmas period is part of the Premier League and it would be inconvenient to change it. There is already a 14 day break at the beginning of January from the Premier League, but that period is filled with the latter stages of the Craling Cup and the third round of the FA Cup, so the big teams do not really get a rest and neither do the smaller teams. Moving those games up the calendar and making the Carling Cup final sometime in March/April might do the trick of giving players more time off. To be honest, that period between the December 31st game and the January 14th game is horrible. It seems I cannot live without football... could you? It might be a good idea to have a two week break in January since football during the Christmas period is part of the Premier League and it would be inconvenient to change it. There is already a 14 day break at the beginning of January from the Premier League, but that period is filled with the latter stages of the Craling Cup and the third round of the FA Cup, so the big teams do not really get a rest and neither do the smaller teams.

Moving those games up the calendar and making the Carling Cup final sometime in March/April might do the trick of giving players more time off.

To be honest, that period between the December 31st game and the January 14th game is horrible. It seems I cannot live without football… could you?

]]> By: Interview: Dr. Craig Panther, Fulham’s Medical Officer | Soccerlens - Football News Blog http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-67718 Interview: Dr. Craig Panther, Fulham’s Medical Officer | Soccerlens - Football News Blog Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:25:23 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-67718 [...] read: Does the Premier League need a Winter break? srExecute(); Related Items from [...] [...] read: Does the Premier League need a Winter break? srExecute(); Related Items from [...]

]]> By: Coolsmurf http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-67717 Coolsmurf Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:18:16 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/does-the-premier-league-need-a-winter-break/3917/#comment-67717 i think this is a culture thing and no football in England over the Christmas period just doesn't feel right! i think this is a culture thing and no football in England over the Christmas period just doesn’t feel right!

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