Games this weekend..?

[waltononthehillwolf]

Is there some kind of mini break happening - no PL games at all this weekend or am I just being saft..?

 

[Minimalist]

Scheduled winter break.

 

[waltononthehillwolf]

seems mad with all the games that have been postponed through COVID - I bet some teams are off touring to earn extra dollar...

 

[Wolowolf6]

seems mad with all the games that have been postponed through COVID - I bet some teams are off touring to earn extra dollar...

Now that is just so cynical! They need a break, the poor lads! To suggest that some clubs would be flying off to foreign climes to use the time as a marketing opportunity is frankly just unfounded and absurd.

By the way, I'll just leave this here:

Newcastle: Eddie Howe confirms trip to Saudi Arabia in winter break, hints at playing friendly

Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has confirmed the club will visit Saudi Arabia during the Premier League’s winter break. Howe also hinted that Newcastle may play a friendly match in the gulf state — whose Public Investment Fund (PIF) own 80 per cent of the club after the takeover last...

theathletic.com

 

[Nige100]

I always thought the winter break was supposed to be half and half. i.e 5 games each weekend??

 

[Flump]

I always thought the winter break was supposed to be half and half. i.e 5 games each weekend??

It was - I suspect Covid cancellations have caused the change.

 

[WolfLing]

Feels weird there being no games on this weekend.

But imagine how weird it will feel at the end of this year.

6 week break from 14th November, with the next fixture being on Boxing Day, 8 days after the World Cup final!

I would imagine we might see some quite interesting friendlies over that period, to keep those that aren't called up for the World Cup ticking over.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

Now that is just so cynical! They need a break, the poor lads! To suggest that some clubs would be flying off to foreign climes to use the time as a marketing opportunity is frankly just unfounded and absurd.

By the way, I'll just leave this here:

Newcastle: Eddie Howe confirms trip to Saudi Arabia in winter break, hints at playing friendly

Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has confirmed the club will visit Saudi Arabia during the Premier League’s winter break. Howe also hinted that Newcastle may play a friendly match in the gulf state — whose Public Investment Fund (PIF) own 80 per cent of the club after the takeover last...

theathletic.com

Warm weather training?! Depends where in the KSA they are going. I worked for a couple of years next door in Kuwait and it got down to freezing point at night in January... and nobody had any heating, as its gets to 40C + in the summer. And I wonder how many of the players realise they won't be able to get an alcoholic drink (not officially, anyway)? I doubt whether an ignorant **** like John-Jo Shelvey will. He was the one who racially insulted Saiss in the game at their place back in 2016 (which we won 2-0).

 

[5150]

Didn't Bruno say in his misunderstood "taking us to Europe" question that we were off to Spain ?

 

[TFWanderers]

Is Bruno still taking the lads to Marbs?

 

[giantwolf]

Didn't Bruno say in his misunderstood "taking us to Europe" question that we were off to Spain ?

he wanted to, but because of COVID it wasn't possible.

The first team are all on an extended break - not sure how long officially, however given a few seem to have flown to Dubai, I'd hazard a guess at least 5 days

 

[Golden Moth]

I always thought the winter break was supposed to be half and half. i.e 5 games each weekend??

This has been the case in recent England "winter breaks".
But this one is not a winter break, it's an international break with South America, North and Central America, and Asia all catching up on covid posponed world cup qualifying games.

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Warm weather training?! Depends where in the KSA they are going. I worked for a couple of years next door in Kuwait and it got down to freezing point at night in January... and nobody had any heating, as its gets to 40C + in the summer. And I wonder how many of the players realise they won't be able to get an alcoholic drink (not officially, anyway)? I doubt whether an ignorant **** like John-Jo Shelvey will. He was the one who racially insulted Saiss in the game at their place back in 2016 (which we won 2-0).

If John-Jo Shelvey gets picked in the World Cup squad then we'll all need a drink!