Come the New Year we can expect to hear much debate regarding the ‘Winter break’, adopted by the majority of the teams across the continent, many managers, especially those from abroad that have witnessed the successes and pitfalls of international football will call for a winter break to be installed into the English football calendar. We’ll get to hear the suggestions that England can never achieve on an international scale if we don’t change our tune, and damnations that the hectic Christmas period is too harsh on such valuable legs.
