International break's in football.

[ChiBitCTy]

You guys outside the US think that's bad, Image how us Americans feel for 8 freaking months without NFL football.  Sure NBA basketball is huge here (of course the globes second most popular sport) and a lot of us love MLB Baseball, but NFL football is what many of us live for, especially now that gambling is legal here nationwide and fantasy football ( a form of gambling, of course) is absolutely massive.  People use to get fired for looking at their fantasy teams at work, now most of us have a work fantasy league.  We are currently in the hell zone lol.

[Apocollapse]

so will you as a football club fan wish/like it if international breaks is scrapped in football yearly calendar, so we can continue watching our favorite football club leagues and teams all the weekends and midweeks. Are you a fan of international breaks or not let's know your thoughts.

Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

If there's an international breaks, just watch your own national team match or other nation that's where your favorite player is playing.

As a father, you need to allow your child to choose whatever he like as long as his choice didn't harm anyone, it's really childish if you force your child to follow what you want. There are a lot parents force their children to follow what they want, it end up either they leave the house or joined a wrong society.

[Pulsar77]

so will you as a football club fan wish/like it if international breaks is scrapped in football yearly calendar, so we can continue watching our favorite football club leagues and teams all the weekends and midweeks. Are you a fan of international breaks or not let's know your thoughts.

It is a good question. If we are talking about friendlies then I would definitely want this kind of national breaks to be removed from the regular season.    Because even players don't give their 100% into this kind of matches as there is no goal to achieve. It isn't much different than the friendlies being played between teams before a season starts.

Besides there is a risk for players to get injured in these matches. This is affecting teams about their ultimate goals during the season quite much too. 

Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

I would never force my child to become a fan of the team I'm a fan of. This doesn't make sense to me. It is up to my child what team to support. Even if it is the direct rival of the team I'm a fan of there is no problem at all.

I'm just trying to have fun while watching sports.    Rivalry is in every sports branch but this shouldn't turn into hostility. People should be able to respect themselves.

[MusaMohamed]

As football club fans we all know how boring those weekend's on international breaks for clubs usually feels like. For a fan like me it's like the whole world just stands still and everything seems irregular all through the weekends staying without club matches.

A football fan will be a fan of both a national team and a club. It's abnormal if a person is only a fan of a club but not a fan of any national team.

By being a fan of a club and  a national team, I believe that person will not feel boring with International break and FIFA days. Big international tournaments like World Cup, EURO, Coppa America always have their attraction and I can say about myself, I am interested in watching those tournaments.

FIFA days will bring many problems to clubs because players will be either tired after international duties or worse be injured and need time to recharge their energy or to recover from injuries.

[Die_empty]

Was just listening to this kind of talkshow on radio and felt I bring it to the forum to get forum members thoughts concerning it too.
Just for discussion and to get people's opinion on this interesting questions.

As football club fans we all know how boring those weekend's on international breaks for clubs usually feels like. For a fan like me it's like the whole world just stands still and everything seems irregular all through the weekends staying without club matches.

so will you as a football club fan wish/like it if international breaks is scrapped in football yearly calendar, so we can continue watching our favorite football club leagues and teams all the weekends and midweeks. Are you a fan of international breaks or not let's know your thoughts.

Every club fan is a national of a country and this international break allows us to support our country. It is a time when our national teams play friendly games which will help in building the team. It is a time to support your country to win friendly games with other countries. These club players are not robots, so this is also an opportunity for superstars to rest and spend some time with family and friends. Without any form of reservation, I am a fan of international breaks.

Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

It is common for young children to support the same clubs like their parents. But they begin to change their stance when they start maturing. Sports is shouldn't be taken very seriously and you want to force or compel anyone to be a fan of your club or sports. It should be a voluntary decision based on the love or respect for a player or club. I will never force any of my children to be a fan of any club. Currently only one of my children likes my club, others have chosen different football clubs and I am very comfortable with such a decision.

[borovichok]

so will you as a football club fan wish/like it if international breaks is scrapped in football yearly calendar, so we can continue watching our favorite football club leagues and teams all the weekends and midweeks. Are you a fan of international breaks or not let's know your thoughts.

I am a fan of the international breaks. As a patriotic citizen you must cherish the moment your country is up for an international game whether in a tournament or a friendly game. Remember your identity is where you come from. For instance, I am an Arsenal fan but if I am asked where I come from, I can't say Arsenal. I will call my home country. If this is the case then wishing that international break be scrapped is completely out of place. Personal experience shows that most people who do not cherish the international break are people whose countries are always not featured in the break. Knowing players from your country is necessary as it will help you give them support when you find them in a football club.

Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

It is not necessary that your child must support the same club as you. Imposing a club on a child means denying him his freedom to make choice. Besides, when he grows up he might end up denouncing the club to support a club of his choice. I would even prefer my child supporting another club so that we can argue and try to defend our different clubs when we are up against each other. That can add fun to a family and even bring us more closer. For instance, Messi's son have Christiano Ronaldo as his favorite footballer and Ronaldo's son have Messi as his favorite footballer. This is how it should be. Every child should have a say in what affects his life or what he wants.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

The break in the leagues due to international matches bores me too. But I think it can be a positive situation for football players. I think they enter a period with a lower tempo. The camps they go to for national team matches have a shorter schedule of matches. Also, national feelings can be an important motivational tool for football players. I feel empty during the breaks between league matches because of international matches, but I also think that national matches are important for football players.

[Weawant]

so will you as a football club fan wish/like it if international breaks is scrapped in football yearly calendar, so we can continue watching our favorite football club leagues and teams all the weekends and midweeks. Are you a fan of international breaks or not let's know your thoughts.

Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

In as much bas we want to keep enjoying our club football games, we can't aswell put away the place of national nteam football and we can't say our favourite stars shouldn't go and represent their various countries in their national capacity because all these also counts in the world of football and moreover the international breaks do last for just a week and a few days so it's not too long enough not to be able to wait till it's over.

Asides international breaks, we do experience leagues coming to an end and that too in its way is a time too for us to wait so if you can't wait through an international break that's just within a week and few days how about the league breaks after the end of the league that last through a month would you want to have them scrap leagues coming to an end too? And you should know that players needs this break in-between the league and it's important and crucial for them in their careers so we can put out the place of international break as it's very much needed by the players.

As a father you should give your son the liberty to the choice of any team he wishes to fan as their style of play needs to appeal to his fancy and than he would decide to choose to be their fan and not forcing him to fan your team, he may not like their style of play and that in itself would be a controversy so he may pretend to like your team in your presence and there after he will get back to.the team he likes so I wouldn't do such.

[Agbamoni]

What else would i say, if it were possible for football breaks to be scrapped and players don't get fatigue or get tired (If they were robots in human form) i would be the happiest. Truly, this few week of football break is so tiring. I missed all the fun, the banters and i missed watching my club play in the EPL and UCL.

However, it's just an illusion. The breaks cannot be scrapped. This is because they players have to show their patriotic feeling for their country by playing in the international level. It's a sign of respect and commitment. What we the fans should do is to find something that would keep us entertained till they are back in action.

I can't wat for them to return this weekend

[Dzigie]

Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

I would like to say that I would provide the right conditions for my child to choose a team of his/her own free will, but to be honest I would like to influence him/her to support my team.😅 My father did everything to make me support his team. When I was a child he bought me his team's jersey and took me to his team's games, but when I became a teenager I supported another team and I still support the same team today. I think parents' insistence on this does not always give the results they want. I think people like me are in the majority.

[Lida93]

so will you as a football club fan wish/like it if international breaks is scrapped in football yearly calendar, so we can continue watching our favorite football club leagues and teams all the weekends and midweeks. Are you a fan of international breaks or not let's know your thoughts.

Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

Asides international breaks, we do experience leagues coming to an end and that too in its way is a time too for us to wait so if you can't wait through an international break that's just within a week and few days how about the league breaks after the end of the league that last through a month would you want to have them scrap leagues coming to an end too? And you should know that players needs this break in-between the league and it's important and crucial for them in their careers so we can put out the place of international break as it's very much needed by the players.

Its definite that everything that has a beginning will definitely have an end so it's expected that the league's will come to an end at the end of the competition when a winner would now emerge. Now since it's so don't you or anyone think that it would have been appropriate that the international break is fashioned in the yearly football calendar in a manner that it falls within the period of the end of the league's competitions. 

In that way club fans wouldn't have a reason to worry as it's understandable that the league has already come to an end. Moreover, just as you had said it's just either within a week or two so there will still be space of time left for the players to rest after the international break rather than coming back to their various leagues to continue playing just immediately.
 

As a father you should give your son the liberty to the choice of any team he wishes to fan as their style of play needs to appeal to his fancy and than he would decide to choose to be their fan and not forcing him to fan your team, he may not like their style of play and that in itself would be a controversy so he may pretend to like your team in your presence and there after he will get back to.the team he likes so I wouldn't do such.

It's good as parents we give our kids the free will to make certain choices as it affects their happiness. Denying them such freewill can hamper their mind as they could grow with a feeling of inferiority complex in a situation when their mates are independently making clear cut rational choices.

[borovichok]

I would like to say that I would provide the right conditions for my child to choose a team of his/her own free will, but to be honest I would like to influence him/her to support my team.😅 My father did everything to make me support his team. When I was a child he bought me his team's jersey and took me to his team's games, but when I became a teenager I supported another team and I still support the same team today. I think parents' insistence on this does not always give the results they want. I think people like me are in the majority.

I don't see your dad's action as a means of luring you into supporting his team. You were tender and the fact that he needs to carry you around is a reason he bought you jersey and carried you to watch the games of the team he supports. To me, that's a show of fatherly love and care. Imagine it this way, that you dad was always keeping you at home and then go out to watch his team play, how would you feel? Well, I will cry and feel neglected. So what he was doing is to make.you have a sense of belonging. Also, when I was a kid, my parents carried me to church, does that mean they were trying to impose the church on me? No. At that age, I don't have that consciousness to take decisions. This is similar to your dad's action.

I agree with you that parents insistence don't always play out as desired. When a child gets to a consent age, he decides what suits him and this most times is different from what his parents wished for. The reason is simple. Every human thinks differently and so acts differently. This is why most times our decision is not in line with that of our parents.

[Hirose UK]

The break in the leagues due to international matches bores me too. But I think it can be a positive situation for football players. I think they enter a period with a lower tempo. The camps they go to for national team matches have a shorter schedule of matches. Also, national feelings can be an important motivational tool for football players. I feel empty during the breaks between league matches because of international matches, but I also think that national matches are important for football players.

Boredom arises when we cannot watch the matches of the teams we like in one of the existing leagues, but for me this is condition that has both advantages and disadvantages.
Advantage I get is that I can rest in peace every night on weekends because every match that takes place in almost all leagues is always broadcast at midnight in the country where I live and can save money because I don't have to bet.
But the disadvantage that comes is the feeling of boredom because feel that there is no entertainment that can relieve boredom, usually can always watch every match at any time and now only do few things in game.

It just that this is for the common good because there are several other matches that are much more important, but not everyone likes it because most football fans like League matches much more.
Unless major competition is actually taking place then it will provide special interest in watching it.

[Gozie51]

As for the fans I can't imagine what the fans will be needing moderation for in games they are not the ones in active play on the pitch buy just mere spectators on the sidelines or TV screens.

Of course this is the angle I was referring to moderation, on the side of the fans. Like you posted in Op, some fans are so hooked up to football that it could affect their daily lives especially if their team loses which means they are so engrossed in it , the passion is so high. But if they have a moderate passion or zeal for it then when they go on break, that fan won't feel like a rib was taken out of him and he will missing it so much like water. In moderation I mean not to be glued to it to the extent that if there is a break for the players, fans will start wishing they didn't go for such break. I understand it is almost like that for most of the football fans that they get bored that the game will go on break but some fans will also not miss it as such because they are moderate lovers of the game.

You can't be a football fan and you don't feel bored at the break of time when your club league is on hold due to the international break's, you don't have to be a glued or stanched fan to feel it, only being a club football fan puts you in that position. I will understand and agree if you had said that the break becomes necessary that players should do service to their nation to represent  as a responsibility but about moderation for fan it doesn't apply in my concept or view.

No doubt that as a fan you will get bored if there are no football activities going on due to breaks but what about those fans that doesn't seem to concern themselves about being bored but have scheduled their lives and engage it with some other things to occupy them until the games resume back, are they also not fans? They are, and I have seen quite a number of such fan and have also seen some fans who are restive because leagues are on break.

Or you don't remember there are fans who don't have time to watch the games because they are involved with their office jobs and they only get updates from reading on the newspaper online. Sometimes they also miss weekends because of office job while there are some fans who are not employed so they see watching football games as a relief, so what do you think about such fans? Of course they will be bored when the leagues go on break.

[ralle14]

I don't care as much if the international break gets removed because even if the others get a break and use this opportunity to return to their country they still have to play more matches. Then again these national matches aren't bad overall because they serve as a good alternative training or build-up to the bigger matches like the World Cup.

Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

I wouldn't force them to be a fan of a certain team because it could ruin the fun for them and there's no need to take away their freedom to choose.

[Samlucky O]

Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

For me I don't think I can force my child to support what I do. As far as I know individual have there right to make their decision. Being a parent does not implies that I must make decisions for them. In every country there is freedom for each individual regardless of who they are. Such freedom could be freedom of movement, freedom of speech, freedom of choice is also included and that is the main purpose of the discussion. So in noshell I can't force my child to fan what I chose to.

[Maus0728]

I don't think it's a good idea to remove breaks just for the fans' satisfaction about being able to watch their teams compete, we're forgetting that these people are human beings and I don't think that the players would agree about removing their breaks in a year, that's a good time for them to do other things that they're passionate about. As a parent, I don't think that I'd force my kid to something that's my interest, unless they show interest then I'd help them out but if they're not then it's fine, it's good to remember that you're raising an individual person and not a clone of yourself, it's really sad that other parents do this kind of thing thinking that it's normal but in reality it's pathetic, to be forcing your dream to your kid is pathetic and sad thing, and a sign that you never should've been a parent in the first place.

[Porfirii]

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As football club fans we all know how boring those weekend's on international breaks for clubs usually feels like. For a fan like me it's like the whole world just stands still and everything seems irregular all through the weekends staying without club matches.

so will you as a football club fan wish/like it if international breaks is scrapped in football yearly calendar, so we can continue watching our favorite football club leagues and teams all the weekends and midweeks. Are you a fan of international breaks or not let's know your thoughts.

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I think that these breaks are quite healthy because this way people can concentrate on other things and maybe reach the conclusion that they are wasting too much time watching sports, for example. Otherwise, if all weeks are always the same, sense of continuity can make them simply go with the flow without thinking about anything.

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Another interesting question is this, as a father would you force it on your child to also fan the same club you're a fan to, or you will allow him be himself to fan any club of his choice even if it's your most rival club of all times.

Interesting question, indeed. I think that I would let my children choose their own favorite team, but I think this has more in common with the breeding style of each other rather than with how staunch you are about your team.

[Zigabel]

I’m a big Liverpool fan, hence my username, obviously. I’m not a fan of international football, no. Especially with breaks like the current one, loads of pointless friendlies interrupting a really pivotal part of the season, loads of our players travelling all the way across the world with the chance of getting injured.

Compared to the top level PL & CL teams, international football is crap, the standard is way lower. I wouldn’t care one bit if all international football was scrapped.   

It's actually necessary these breaks are observed so this players will ha e the opportunity to also represent their country because somehow it will look I fair if they are not able to represent their various country at any point and have to play only in club side games. Away from the chances of getting injured and fatigued, international break isn't really a bad idea for players especially for those who don't get to go play for their countries it's a good opportunity for them to rest and moreover it's just within a week, these games also help the players ever add to their value so it important for their career.

I totally understand your point of view but I was trying to look beyond the disadvantages of the International break and what it could possibly help the players achieve by exploring it, its just an aspect of the game we just have to accept because it's actually necessary.

[retreat]

Like it or not, the international break is something that cannot be avoided because it is related to the FIFA World Cup qualifiers or other international tournaments where players are asked to represent their country. This is indeed very unpleasant for some people, because the domestic league was forced to take a break for a moment for this, but I personally don't really have a problem with this because on the one hand I can watch international matches such as Netherlands vs Germany, and several other countries.