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.
It wouldn’t be too bad if I got some enjoyment out of England games, but 99% of England games outside of the final knockout rounds is against some crap team that we easily beat 4-0.
England V North Macedonia on Monday night when we’d usually have a PL game? Well shiver me fucking timbers!!