Butland, Ayew, Cahill and McCarthy join Palace training pre-Wolves

Crystal Palace were boosted in training this week by the inclusion of Jack Butland, Jordan Ayew, Gary Cahill and James McCarthy - with the quartet able to participate following respective absences.

First Team

This saw a brimming squad take to the Beckenham pitches, with Roy Hodgson able to assess the vast majority of his players.

Speaking in his pre-Wolves press conference, Hodgson was positive about squad fitness, and Jeffrey Schlupp this week said: "Most of the players are fit now and it’s nice to give the gaffer some headaches about picking the team.

"He said it to us as well: there are a lot of fit players trying to get into that team, so if anything, we’ve all got to up our performances to…