15 Nov 2018 23:30:50
This international thing truly rips my knitting. The boy Christie is a case in point, hitting momentum and finally making a mark and then we stop yet again for this pointless nonsense. Roll on the league!
16 Nov 2018 09:56:20
I think many supporters agree with you. The amount of time the players have been distracted and diverted, while their club momentum has been interrupted is ridiculous.
I accept players want to represent their country, but why do we need these excessive fortnight breaks for 1/ 2 competitive matches?
In times gone by the players were called-up a couple of days before the game was played and were back at their clubs the day after and the domestic programme was more or less left intact;
plus, our International rating was never as bad as this while our season went unhindered or overstretched with a 4-6 week extension?
These players have been away for over a week before the first game actually KO's and these 'breaks' are making the football season congested with multiple rearranged fixtures in close succession.
This leaves us with a much shorter close-season for R&R when you consider these crucial European qualifiers are in July.