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International Breaks (7 Viewers)

  • Thread starter shmmeee
  • Start date Oct 10, 2023
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How do you want it?

  • I like big breaks and I cannot lie

    Votes: 16 35.6%
  • Little and often

    Votes: 29 64.4%

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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #1
Shit ain’t they?

Would you rather they condensed them all into say a month in the middle of the season (Early Jan maybe) rather than having four or five spread around the season?
 
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TomRad85

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #2
shmmeee said:
Shit ain’t they?

Would you rather they condensed them all into say a month in the middle of the season (Early Jan maybe) rather than having four or five spread around the season?
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They are bullshit but i've said previously i think this one will serve us quite well. We could well come back with a fully fit squad.
 
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slowpoke

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #3
They can be handy though, this one is for us but last year the World Cup break possibly cost us finishing a lot higher maybe even the autos.
 
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AOM

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #4
TomRad85 said:
They are bullshit but i've said previously i think this one will serve us quite well. We could well come back with a fully fit squad.
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Yep, this one does seem to have come at a good time squad depth wise.
O'Hare looks to be back in normal training as far I can tell, so gets him a week closer to making the bench as well
 
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napolimp

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #5
I would like friendly matches to be arranged for the weekend, so we have something to attend during the international break. Would give players a chance to build match fitness, keep them sharp, and could even raise a little revenue. Would be especially interesting if they could be organised against unusual opposition, say a club from abroad. For clubs like us, especially, the break doesn't really affect us as we have hardly any internationals.
 
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SkyBlueMatt

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #6
They're crap. To make matters worse, the players forget how to play football and the first game back is usually awful.

Sent from my M2101K6G using Tapatalk
 
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napolimp

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #7
SkyBlueMatt said:
They're crap. To make matters worse, the players forget how to play football and the first game back is usually awful.

Sent from my M2101K6G using Tapatalk
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To be fair, I always forget how to use my mouse when I come back from a 2 week holiday.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #8
Loads of small breaks piss me off, as England are boring and I dont feel the same attachment as I do with the City
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #9
TomRad85 said:
They are bullshit but i've said previously i think this one will serve us quite well. We could well come back with a fully fit squad.
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Yeah but if it was four weeks imagine how fit our squad would be!

And we’ve been hit by stop start seasons before. Personally I thought I was better last year to have one break than loads.
 
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procdoc

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #10
England are dull as fuck under Wankgate
 
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shmmeee

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  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #11
England are always boring. It’s got to be getting on for 30 years since I was last genuinely exited to watch and England game, and that might have been because I was a teenager discovering beer and football.
 
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CV22SBA

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #12
In my younger years i followed England all over the World so loved them. Now i'm older i wish they weren't a thing. Why are England so boring to watch though, i rarely make the second half these days. Some of the best players in the World too.
 

Paul Anthony

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #13
I always worry with international breaks that we'll struggle to get going after them, especially when we've got a few good results beforehand. Still, at least it's not quite as bad as the World Cup last season.
 

Mcbean

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #14
The worry is injuries to any of our players - but the return of Sheaf , Palmer ? And soon enough OHare will be a big filip for MR - Kelly not supposed to be as bad as first thought
 
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fatso

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #15
Hate the breaks, International football is dull as fuck.
 
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Saddlebrains

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #16
napolimp said:
I would like friendly matches to be arranged for the weekend, so we have something to attend during the international break. Would give players a chance to build match fitness, keep them sharp, and could even raise a little revenue. Would be especially interesting if they could be organised against unusual opposition, say a club from abroad. For clubs like us, especially, the break doesn't really affect us as we have hardly any internationals.
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We are looking at a behind closed doors game apparently, Sheaf, O'Hare, Tavares, Palmer + MVE to get time IF we can get one
 
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napolimp

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  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #17
Saddlebrains said:
We are looking at a behind closed doors game apparently, Sheaf, O'Hare, Tavares, Palmer + MVE to get time IF we can get one
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That's great news, but a shame behind closed door - I could have done with a bit of football this weekend. Guess there's always lower leagues.
 

TomRad85

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #18
shmmeee said:
Yeah but if it was four weeks imagine how fit our squad would be!

And we’ve been hit by stop start seasons before. Personally I thought I was better last year to have one break than loads.
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Oh right i see what you're asking. Yes i preferred it too but i doubt me and you can make it a goer unfortunately.
 
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Skyblueweeman

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #19
Try being from N.Ireland. Bar a few years between 2014-2018, it's pretty bleak!

Cov and N.Ireland. I defo did something wrong in a past life.
 

Covkid1968#

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #20
procdoc said:
England are dull as fuck under Wankgate
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Ever considered a career in Sports Journalism? This sort of headline would bring some refreshing realism to the Sports pages
 
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stay_up_skyblues

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #21
Hate them. Just do all the fixtures condensed in the summer. Will attract loads more interest too. And I don’t give a shit if it reduces the players’ summer holidays, the big clubs are happy to fuck off to the other side of the world for money spinning friendlies.
 
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Northeast sky blue

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #22
In the good old days before sky, internationals were played on a Wednesday and every was back playing on a Saturday
 

Terry Gibson's perm

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #23
Saddlebrains said:
We are looking at a behind closed doors game apparently, Sheaf, O'Hare, Tavares, Palmer + MVE to get time IF we can get one
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If they are struggling we could get a team together, obviously the way we talk on here it would be a tough workout
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #24
Players play to many games always tired at the end of the season, chance for a few days of before a qualifying game let’s play Australia.
 

skybluecam

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #25
Latibeaudiere and Ayari off on international duty (Jamaica & Sweden U21)
 

skybluecam

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #26


You'd think the club would be able to spell the player's names correctly!
 
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stevefloyd

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #27
International breaks are dull as dishwater and if we ever win anything with that fuckin yes man dope in charge I will bend over and kiss my own arse!
 
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covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #28
This is last one till march I think
 

Ian1779

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #29
It’s a tough one because if you are flying beforehand then you don’t want it (see us last season at the World Cup break) but then if you are having a shit run of form or hammered with injuries then it’s a welcome chance to reset.
 
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Bad Boy

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #30
stevefloyd said:
International breaks are dull as dishwater and if we ever win anything with that fuckin yes man dope in charge I will bend over and kiss my own arse!
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Wow, thats quite a feat!
 

Bad Boy

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #31
shmmeee said:
England are always boring. It’s got to be getting on for 30 years since I was last genuinely exited to watch and England game, and that might have been because I was a teenager discovering beer and football.
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Discovering sex and Smirnoff is better.
 

blunted

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #32
Really miss football on Saturdays and midweek too during these breaks. My wife loves it when City play, as she says gives her a break, so she doesn't like them either. Used to love England and the Home Countries games but have lost interest. May be my imagination, but do we get more injuries when we are not playing? Appears this break should be good for us. Injured players more recovery time and the defence need to go through repeat routines to stop the stupid goals we are conceding. Time for the training staff to correct some of our poor decision making in the final third. If O'Hare and Sheaf can come back firing, it will be time well spent.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #33
Bad Boy said:
Discovering sex and Smirnoff is better.
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True. But little impact on my enjoyment of England matches. I’m not here to kink shame though.
 

Warwickhunt

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #34
use the break to sign COH up on a longer contract! We need to get it sorted.
 

CJ_covblaze

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 10, 2023
  • #35
shmmeee said:
Shit ain’t they?

Would you rather they condensed them all into say a month in the middle of the season (Early Jan maybe) rather than having four or five spread around the season?
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Nope. Love them.
 
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