A furious Neil Warnock has criticised the EFL and TV schedulers for organising another Cardiff City game on a Friday night after the international break.
The last break saw Cardiff return with a Friday night trip up to Pride Park, where they managed a draw against Derby County, but having played the game a day early the manager bemoaned the fact it afforded little time for preparation.
Leandro Bacuna's situation was the biggest concern, with the midfielder having to fly straight to East Midlands Airport just 24 hours before the game against the Rams.
And, once again, the Bluebirds are due for another game on TV, this time at home against Sheffield Wednesday, on October 18 upon resumption from the international break.
The City boss revealed he would be writing to both the league and the TV schedulers to lodge his complaint.
"Once again I don’t know why it is always us," Warnock said. "But we have been given another Friday night after the international break which means once again two or three of our lads aren’t getting back till late.
"I think once you can allow, twice is out of order really which I will be making a point.
"There should be some sort of common sense but unfortunately in football, especially the EFL, I don’t think there is much going about. For us to have Friday night games consecutively after international breaks I think is totally out of order."
Bacuna has a home and away clash with Curacao against Costa Rica, Junior Hoilett's Canada host and then travel to the USA, while Neil Etheridge will likely play for the Philippines against China and the Maldives.
Therefore some of Warnock's men will be in the far corners of the world and the manager was vociferous in his criticism of the schedule, describing it as 'scandalous'.
"It’s alright these clubs that have European players that can play Tuesday and come back on Wednesday. But we haven’t, we’ve got people in far flung reaches of the world coming back Thursday afternoon and we are playing Friday night in a top game.
"It’s scandalous really and it shouldn’t happen."
He added: "But I would not imagine anybody at the EFL will give one hoot about Cardiff City."
