City will play its third game in seven days after progressing to the FFA Cup final on Tuesday night, defeating crosstown rival Melbourne Victory 2-0 at AAMI Park.

Van’t Schip’s men had no time to celebrate and immediately shifted their focus to Friday night’s game against Adelaide United.

The Dutchman, who has vast experience as a player, highlighted the need for more substitutes on the bench. He said in order for the A-League to progress, the FFA had to make amendments.

“We don’t make excuses, it’s the way it is, we can’t change the rules and the idea of the FFA if they want to make the cup that important, then I do think in the future they have to be more aware of teams who come further into the cup and they’re scheduling around it with other games,” Van’t Schip said.

“It happens all over world except in Australia so I think it’s something for the future to have a look at, how can you actually help the teams that are playing in the Asian Champions League and in the FFA Cup.

“Giving them that extra day or two days to prepare for a game they want to make very important, so make it important by making sure the preparations for that game is good as well, that’s not only before but also after those games.”

The City boss had headaches last season after losing former star midfielder Aaron Mooy to Socceroos duty against Thailand in November.

City play Newcastle on November 10 before taking on Western Sydney Wanderers on November 18.

Van’t Schip admitted he will have selection headaches next month after Luke Brattan and Tim Cahill were selected for international duty

“That’s the consequence when you get those players in, when they start playing in a regular way, when they also start playing well, they get picked, it’s not only for us, it’s for every team,” he said.

“At the end also that, looking to the future and it’s nothing new, if you look at first round players missing out.

“Everybody wants to see their best players playing and the fans want to see their best players playing so where possible I think they should try to make sure we have those players available, but until now that’s now, that’s not the case.

“It’s never been, so it’s not that we can change it now, I mean I’m not complaining about it, I’m happy for Luke and Tim, I hope other players get a call-up, I’m just saying for the A-League itself, it’s also the fans and the coaches of course want to have their best available players.”

The Dutchman is getting on with business but will wait until Friday to name his final squad.

He ruled out Nicolas Colazo (eardrum) as well as Ivan Franjic (heart) who was still shy of match fitness despite returning to the pitch on Tuesday.

Bruce Kamau, who suffered a concussion last week, is available to play.

And with the recent attention placed on the club and Tim Cahill, van’t Schip scoffed at Kevin Muscat’s “two sets of rules” claim.

“In a season you get what you deserve all over the whole year, it’s every time the same, now we get to hear these kind of stories, if it’s the other way around it’s normal you never hear them,” he said.

“Now it’s because things happen and they think the attention is too much on maybe us, they will maybe use other kind of things to influence people around.

“We just have to focus on our game telling the expectations are high, we know that, we want that, we want to improve, get better and be focused on what we have to do and don’t worry about what other people are actually saying or seeing.”