They don't do something in one go !
It's over several months with days of rest in between.
Please explain exactly why it is ridiculous to say that players played a lot more full games in a season then to now? Or you can just disagree:)
I can't get my head around how a winter break helps them rest.
They still play the same number of games. Then the top few teams have to fit in tours to Asia to raise more cash!
Liverpool in the 70s played 42 league games, FA cup, League cup and European cup and used about 16 players.