The rhythm of the season just get’s broken up some how. My Saturday habits are put on hold for national glory(\s). Maybe watching a game, following the goal reports, he soothing monotony of Final Score, Match of the Day …all just gone.
Surely it is one of the levelers of the game. If you are a big enough club to have international class players, in the past you had to accept that those players would be missing for part of the season. You have a big enough squad, manage around it. Chance for the lower reaches of the table to make up some ground. Chance for some youngsters to get first team experience.
Nah, international football is better anyway, if players need to play fewer games, we can kill the bloat in club football. Maybe do a few fewer tours of the US and East Asia every year where the stars are required to play.
100% agree. So many meaningless pre season matches and tours. International football is not the enemy. Clubs don’t know how to rotate players, push them to play 50+ games a season and wind up injured / out of form / burnt out.