Quote Originally Posted by 7sisters View Post
Bearing in mind Palace played on Weds, while our chaps were chilling at the Burj 🤔
Dunno about a disaster but playing games is a better preparation for playing games than NOT playing games, especially for US.

I'm told that the way we play benefits from plenty of extra time on the training pitch; personally, I always feel we lack a little bit the sharpness after an extended period without matches. A hangover from the Wenger years, perhaps, but I've not noticed any change.