February 3 2006

Iain Dowie

Iain Dowie has vowed to ring the changes for tomorrow's encounter with Cardiff after Palace's midweek loss at Preston.

The Eagles suffered a disappointing 2-0 defeat at promotion rivals Preston and Dowie was livid at the performance.

Only ANDY JOHNSON and Michael Hughes escaped criticism from the Eagles manager.

"I thought Hughes and JOHNSON just about did themselves justice but two out of eleven isn't really good enough," said Dowie.

"We didn't pick up any major injuries in the Preston game because we hardly put any tackles in.

"I might make one or two changes and I don't think any players could come knocking on my door if I dropped them on the back of Tuesday night's performance."

Marco Reich should start after recovering from a troublesome foot injury, while Ben Watson should return. Tony Popovic (groin) is rated as 50-50.