Quote Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY View Post
We need our players to be taking a break. To refresh themselves for the new season. As a fan I feel the same too.

Too many games, going on far too long.
don't tennis players basically play all year round?
They can rest when they're retired I say.

Football players should have 5 weeks annual leave that they can request at any time in the season


Being serious, I don't think most players at this level stop training at all over the summer - I can remember Warnock remarking that these days the players all come back from the summer break in top condition