Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou admits their early Cup exits has hurt their match rhythm.
Spurs haven't played for almost the past fortnight.
"Not really, some of our disruption is self-inflicted," the Australian said. "If we had better runs in the cups and if we were in Europe.
"So some of it is in our control. Maybe it's the contrast to where I came from, because at Celtic we had games every three days, there was rhythm and momentum, but since then we haven't been able to get the same flow and rhythm into our schedule.
"Some of that's our own doing so got to accept that. One way to remedy that is to get more games for ourselves next year."
He added: "Even [the Premier League winter break in January] this year was a bit weird. I dunno. Far be it from me to get involved in scheduling. I'm good at being told where to be and what to do."