Tuesday 20 September 2016 18:15, UK
Crystal Palace midfielder Joe Ledley has urged the club's fringe players to make the most of an opportunity against Southampton on Wednesday.
Alan Pardew has made it clear he intends to rotate his squad for the EFL Cup third round match at St Mary's.
And Ledley says it is the perfect chance for a number of the squad's fringe players to stake a claim for regular first-team football.
"It doesn't matter who the gaffer puts out, you are going to represent Crystal Palace Football Club and you have to go and perform to the best possible standard that you can," he said.
"Obviously it is going to be difficult though because Southampton are a good team with a good squad and we will need to go there and perform.
"We have played them a few times [in cups] and come out on top, but we don't want to jinx that and we know it will be a hard game."
Palace head into the game on the back of an impressive 4-1 win over Stoke in the Premier League, on Sunday.
Despite that positive result, Pardew is set to utilise his full squad against Saints, with one eye on Saturday's league trip to Sunderland.
"There will be a lot of changes for the League Cup game," the Palace manager said. "Of course, we want to win it but I want to see a few other players and I have got to rest the guys who played against Stoke for the weekend at Sunderland."
Yohan Cabaye could make his return from a groin injury, while Bakary Sako and Connor Wickham could also start against Claude Puel's side.
"I have definitely got to give some game time to some players on Wednesday, as we had a few players who missed pre-season, so they must play at a certain level," said Pardew.
