We've got one month of football back.
Happy break from International break
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Thank goodness. Real football returns!
Thank feck for that
Wouldn't mind the October break if the September one didn't exist.
It's remarkable how little I care about England outside of the major tournaments
It's remarkable how little I care about England outside of the major tournaments
Suuuiiiiiiiii
International football just needs to generally feck off until Euro 2024 now.
Just the two more international breaks to contend with this year.
I don't know why but this international break has felt even longer and more boring than usual.
I think because we only just got football back with crowds and it was immediately interrupted. And of course, we are all waiting on Ronaldo.
Thank feck for that.
God finally.
Now bring on Ronaldo and let the good times flow!
thank god. Those breaks are nothing but pain
This felt extra long and empty. I will be telling my grandchildren tales of how I lived through the September international break of '21.
Hopefully a total demolishing of Newcastle coming up. Been so excited for our games this season. With Ronaldo we can get the Leeds game type swagger back
Indeed. It has been a long, cold September winter.
I wish they just spent a month of doing qualifiers. The games would probably be better as the players would gel more. I think Wenger argued for this recently.
Despise International football almost as much as I despise the Dippers.
We say this after every international break. It's the longest and most boring one until the next one.
It was longer than usual though wasn't it. There were 3 games played instead of the usual 2.
It's a strange relationship with international football. The tournaments in the summer are a God send in those long barren months but the process of getting to those tournaments? Feck off.
They should scrap the qualifiers and just let every country participate in the World Cup. Have giant 200+ team tournaments. Get it all over and fecking done with in one 6-8 week period every 4 years.
Just feck off the friendlies pre Tournament and have the qualifiers then instead.
This intl break actually was fairly opportune for us since we got to bed in Ronaldo and gave a chance for McT to be back fit.
But generally speaking,...yeah. Especially for U.S. fans since it's always the same, easy/semi-easy to qualify, then we're out fairly soon. Rinse and repeat.
But generally speaking,...yeah. Especially for U.S. fans since it's always the same, easy/semi-easy to qualify, then we're out fairly soon. Rinse and repeat.
So no teams / fans know who have qualified for the tournament until the very last moment? That would be complete chaos for organising everything from travel for fans, home base for each nation, etc.
In that case, lets just have a tug of war settle it and feck off these stupid qualifiers.
From a United point of view, I hate the international breaks - especially the ones early in the season that break the season up just as it's starting.
But I really enjoy international football - especially the major tournaments - so I wouldn't like to see those go. And if they're to remain, then we need qualifiers, and so we need international windows to play them in. So, as far as I'm concerned, the only debate is about can we organise the windows better - scrap the early one, play them more in one block, play fewer friendlies, etc. Other than that, I'd hate to see internationals end, especially the summer tournaments, and so am fully accepting that the international breaks mostly have to stay in one form or another.
But I really enjoy international football - especially the major tournaments - so I wouldn't like to see those go. And if they're to remain, then we need qualifiers, and so we need international windows to play them in. So, as far as I'm concerned, the only debate is about can we organise the windows better - scrap the early one, play them more in one block, play fewer friendlies, etc. Other than that, I'd hate to see internationals end, especially the summer tournaments, and so am fully accepting that the international breaks mostly have to stay in one form or another.
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Just play the qualifiers virtually over zoom calls through the medium of charades. Sorted.
Usually I wouldn’t mind it but this break we’ve managed to draw with each of El Salvador and Canada. Often I quite like cheering for our boys while they represent their countries (with the exception of the English lads - then I cheer for the opponent of course 
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