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| Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew demands changes to the fixtures list |
ALAN Pardew has demanded changes to the fixture list to allow Premier League clubs to dominate the Europa League.
The Crystal Palace boss reckons the demands on playing Thursday and Sunday are too much.
And he believes his Palace side will have the advantage when they face Tottenham on Sunday – three days after Spurs were on European duty against Qarabag.
Pardew said: “I have been involved in the Europa League and Tottenham are not the first club to be affected by that.
“Playing Thursday and Sunday is tough and the energy levels of some of their players will not be at full capacity, they can’t be.
“They’ll have their fingers crossed they can produce a Premier league performance after a tough Thursday night. But we will be fresh so that could be an advantage.
“The intensity of Premier League games is higher than other leagues and to recover in that period of time is tough.
“When eventually some sense can prevail and we play on a Monday night when we’ve played in the Europa League on Thursday then I think all the teams in that competition will some suffer.
“When you look at the strength of the Premier League, you have to say the Europa League is a competition that really and truly we should be dominating, in my opinion
“I think some of the teams Premier League clubs put out are not that strong because they are trying to protect themselves for Sunday. And you have to understand that.”
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