General Football 23/24

[RedReet]

Do European clubs give the players the time off or continue to train? I suppose I naively assumed the players would be sitting about playing Playstation for 2 weeks, although logically I guess they do some light training?

[labourRed]

Do European clubs give the players the time off or continue to train? I suppose I naively assumed the players would be sitting about playing Playstation for 2 weeks, although logically I guess they do some light training?

They do that for eight months of the year by all accounts.

I've no real idea what they do on the continent but i don't think they'd be like school holidays or annual leave. They will still train to an extent, just not play (although as said, some clubs play friendlies during this time).

[RedReet]

Not sure if it was obvious from Shaggy's link (I can't read it), but rather than everyone having two weeks off, 5 games will be played one week and 5 the next, so there will still be football on.

Quite clever from FA/PL, even if it is motivated by greed.

[ChesterDave]

If eleventy billion weeks a year were not reserved for CL fixtures there would be no need for a break

[Red_Polo]

They do that for eight months of the year by all accounts.

I've no real idea what they do on the continent but i don't think they'd be like school holidays or annual leave. They will still train to an extent, just not play (although as said, some clubs play friendlies during this time).

Yeah I think it's typical to spend a lot of the break training to a degree where energy levels are being topped up whilst condition maintained, and quite common for it to involve a warm weather camp somewhere. Sound alright dunnit?!

Not sure if it was obvious from Shaggy's link (I can't read it), but rather than everyone having two weeks off, 5 games will be played one week and 5 the next, so there will still be football on.

Quite clever from FA/PL, even if it is motivated by greed.

Hmm. So in effect every team is only getting a week off? Bit of a half measure, but better than nothing!

[Kenneth]

Yeah I think it's typical to spend a lot of the break training to a degree where energy levels are being topped up whilst condition maintained, and quite common for it to involve a warm weather camp somewhere. Sound alright dunnit?!

Hmm. So in effect every team is only getting a week off? Bit of a half measure, but better than nothing!

One weekend off, which is two weeks when there aren't midweek games.

[Red_Polo]

Hmm. So in effect every team is only getting a week off? Bit of a half measure, but better than nothing!

Well that confused me for a second.

So it's actually across three weekends, and each team has two consecutive weekends off then? Sounds more reasonable.

[RedReet]

Over 2 weekends. 1 weekend off, minimum 13 days rest.

[Kenneth]

Well that confused me for a second.

So it's actually across three weekends, and each team has two consecutive weekends off then? Sounds more reasonable.

Confused me too poor phone control

[Red_Polo]

Over 2 weekends. 1 weekend off, minimum 13 days rest.

With no midweek games either before or after the weekend off, yeah that makes sense. Just shy of two weeks between games will be very welcome I'd think. Not quite the German break, but then that's mental and probably as much led by their weather as anything!

[Shaggy]

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[S-RED]

That went well then

[Fosterbloke]

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Cavani back on penalties!

[Chris]

Davide Astori has died at 31!! We were often linked with him a while back.

[ChesterDave]

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