James Whittaker
After a cricket season full of football — the Hogges, the ISL, the World Cup, the Digicel Cup — we’re now into what used to be known as the football season and we’re getting nothing but breaks. The Premier Division just took a three-week hiatus for the FA Cup first and second round, which no longer include the top eight teams. There are games this weekend and then there is another break. By mid December some of the teams in the top division will have played just five games. How are teams supposed to find any rhythm, build momentum or even keep players interested in training when they have virtually every other weekend off? At the end of the day it’s the paying customers that suffer. Lack of match practice leads to scrappy, disjointed football. The players want to play every week, the fans want to watch competitive football. So why all the breaks?
After a cricket season full of football — the Hogges, the ISL, the World Cup, the Digicel Cup — we’re now into what used to be known as the football season and we’re getting nothing but breaks. The Premier Division just took a three-week hiatus for the FA Cup first and second round, which no longer include the top eight teams. There are games this weekend and then there is another break. By mid December some of the teams in the top division will have played just five games. How are teams supposed to find any rhythm, build momentum or even keep players interested in training when they have virtually every other weekend off? At the end of the day it’s the paying customers that suffer. Lack of match practice leads to scrappy, disjointed football. The players want to play every week, the fans want to watch competitive football. So why all the breaks?
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