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View Pete53's Profile Pete53 Flag Hassocks 27 Jul 16 6.02pm Send a Private Message to Pete53 Add Pete53 as a friend

This idea is on the cards again.

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I wouldn't at all be surprised if cutting the size of the PL to 18 teams to accommodate this doesn't also rear its head again.

 

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View Username's Profile Username Flag Horsham 28 Jul 16 9.44am Send a Private Message to Username Add Username as a friend

Originally posted by Pete53

This idea is on the cards again.

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I wouldn't at all be surprised if cutting the size of the PL to 18 teams to accommodate this doesn't also rear its head again.


More likely that the FA Cup will move to midweek and/or all replays will be eliminated after the 3rd round.

 


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View Littlebogreek's Profile Littlebogreek Flag 28 Jul 16 10.48am Send a Private Message to Littlebogreek Add Littlebogreek as a friend

Apparently no chance this will happen for at least 5 years because of the commitments in the new TV deal.

 

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 28 Jul 16 10.48am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

A midwinter break in January will suit those clubs that have a lot of African players

 

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View OknotOK's Profile OknotOK Flag Cockfosters, London 28 Jul 16 12.05pm Send a Private Message to OknotOK Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add OknotOK as a friend

Originally posted by Littlebogreek

Apparently no chance this will happen for at least 5 years because of the commitments in the new TV deal.

I thought it was 3 years but yes it is definitely not on the table for immediate implementation.

The only way it would seem to be viable would be dropping the league cup or increasing the by for each teams in the cups a further round. Or by reducing the number of teams in the league.

 


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View Stuk's Profile Stuk Flag Top half 28 Jul 16 12.17pm Send a Private Message to Stuk Add Stuk as a friend

They should just leave it alone.

A winter break wouldn't improve the national team, wouldn't improve the quality of the second half of the season and the clubs would fill the time with lucrative friendly or two.

Liverpool played one in October once when they had a gap.

The other thing is if we have bad winter weather outside of the winter break, you could end up piling up lots of fixtures.

 


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View leifandersonshair's Profile leifandersonshair Flag Newport 28 Jul 16 12.53pm Send a Private Message to leifandersonshair Add leifandersonshair as a friend

Originally posted by Stuk

They should just leave it alone.

A winter break wouldn't improve the national team, wouldn't improve the quality of the second half of the season and the clubs would fill the time with lucrative friendly or two.

Liverpool played one in October once when they had a gap.

The other thing is if we have bad winter weather outside of the winter break, you could end up piling up lots of fixtures.

Spot on. It's a silly idea that pops up whenever England perform badly at a major tournament- so every 2 years.

 

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