By Micah Richards Manchester City and England defender

The Premier League's proposal to play a round of matches abroad is an interesting one. It is something that I have talked about with my team-mates at Manchester City quite a lot.

I can understand why supporters here are against it and, as a player, I have mixed feelings.

I don't think playing just one game would matter but it depends where it would be - there are loads of issues that need to be resolved before it could happen.

I spoke to Joleon Lescott about our game with Everton this week and I have been texting Andy Johnson about it too - there was a bit of banter flying around

I had experience of playing in Thailand with City in the Premier League Asia Trophy in the summer of 2005 - we played Everton and Bolton out there. The atmosphere was great and the games were a sell-out - our fans out there clearly enjoyed themselves.

But the only thing with playing in places like that is that you are not used to the weather being that hot.

We had water-breaks all the way through those matches and it was a bit much for a 90-minute game, especially if it would be a one-off and you would not get the chance to properly acclimatise.

Travelling a long way, followed by playing in hot conditions, followed by a long flight back, is not going to do players any favours in what is a busy enough schedule anyhow.

So it would depend on what time of year it happens too. People already mention player fatigue, especially for those who are in the Champions League and coming back from internationals, and tiredness is a problem.

On that subject, City's players were given some time off last week because we did not have a game until we play Everton on Monday.

Sven-Goran Eriksson said after our win over Manchester United that everybody was happy. He told us to go away and enjoy ourselves, then be ready to come back to work.

Most of City's squad went away for a break. Richard Dunne and Michael Ball went to Dubai and a lot of our foreign players went home.

I went to Tenerife for five days with Joe Hart and some other friends.

I had not been before - Harty just said he was going and asked me whether I fancied it.

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We did not do any training or anything like that - it was just about having a rest and relaxing. I spent a lot of time on the beach which was just what the doctor ordered!

I saw Steve McClaren out there with his kids and bumped into Ron Atkinson as well.

I had a good chat with Steve - we were mainly talking about our win at United really. He told me he thought I had a cracking game - I told him there was more to come!

While I was away I didn't watch any football - I just switched off to be honest.

We never usually get a chance to get away during the season and I definitely feel refreshed and re-energised after coming back. I have got a bit of a cold but that is only because of coming back from the sun to the freezing weather here!

Training on Wednesday was a bit of a shock to the system - to go from temperatures of 26 or 27 degrees, or whatever it was in Tenerife, to minus five in Manchester was not particularly nice!

But we did a bit of extra work and are all looking and feeling that bit sharper.

Our game against Everton on Monday is another big one and we cannot let our standards slip after our win at Old Trafford, especially if we want to qualify for Europe.

I know a few of the Everton boys quite well and I spoke to Joleon Lescott about the game earlier this week. I have been texting Andy Johnson about it too.

Of course, there was a bit of banter flying around - and it can get quite cheeky! But I tried not say too much about the actual game because if either of them scored then I would never hear the end of it.