PALACE: Hennessey; Kelly, Dann (c), Tomkins, Ward; Cabaye, Flamini, Puncheon; Townsend, Zaha; Benteke.

Subs: Speroni, Fryers, Husin, Mutch, Sako, Lee, Campbell.

Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny (c), Monreal; Xhaka, Elneny; Iwobi, Alexis, Lucas; Giroud.

Subs: Ospina, Mustafi, Coquelin, Niles, Adelaide, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain.

So neither ledley nor mcathur declared themselves fit then , hopefully both back for Swansea

Just be glad there's no Ozil

Grasping at straws but Lee has played well when given a chance and Fyers might be ok if comes on with 10 mins to go!

Our bench is very worrying!

The starting line-up could trouble Arsenal. Hopefully we will play as a unit, be disciplined and take our chances when they come around.

Concentration is paramount, I expect Big Sam will have them drilled.

Yup, the thought had occurred to me that we could play some kids as this is pretty near to a no-hoper and save the first team for Swansea.

But probably what we need to do is have the first team practice together in the new Sam mode. There is nothing like a tough competitive game to give them a proper test.