Sir Alex Ferguson has renewed his call for England to adopt a winter break.Totally agree, would be good for sport.
"Managers have always voiced their opinions in favour of a winter break," said the Manchester United boss, arguing a break would lessen injuries.
"The trouble is players carry their strains right through January, then when you get to March it turns into an injury of significance."
Ferguson would like to see any winter break scheduled between the New Year Day games and the end of January.
"You don't want to lose that impact of getting people into the grounds over the Christmas period," added Ferguson, speaking ahead of United's FA Cup fourth round match against Tottenham.
"But we could re-start with an FA Cup tie, which would add a bit of excitement to it after a winter break. That is what they do in Germany."
Ferguson pointed to the shutdown of the Bundesliga in January as a reason why the German national team has been so successful.
"Germany always do well in the World Cup," said Ferguson. "I don't want to be critical of them because I admire
what they have achieved in international football.
"Even one of their poorest teams by their standards have got to the later stages of the World Cup.
"There must be some link to that freshness and fitness."
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Ferguson renews winter break call
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He had his winter break when he ****** off to Japan.
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Lol and so have Man City when they ****** off to Tenerife!
Originally Posted by Minstrels
Anyway lol, fergie has said this every season which i agree, there should be a Winter break. Players need time to rest their bodies.
I don't know about Managers thou. :eusa_whis
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Aye but City ain't claiming for a winter break! Originally Posted by Clowgon
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Originally Posted by Minstrels
Aye but City ain't claiming for a winter break! I'm sure City would love to have a winter break thou.
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English football needs restructuring anyway.
It's obvious.
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No thanks. It'd make my January's boring as ****.
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How did they get a break when they went over to Japan, Minstrels? They were still playing football consistently.
Back for a while.
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Nobody forced them to go over. Originally Posted by Excellent2
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We wanted to be the only english team to win the cup over there? Originally Posted by Minstrels
Back for a while.
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