Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis has hailed the character within his squad.
Pulis has guided Palace to Premier League safety since taking charge in midseason.
"The other saving grace - and I have to give Dougie Freedman, Lennie Lawrence and Ian Holloway some credit for this - is that there was a group of players at the club who were real strong characters and good pros," he told the Mail on Sunday. "[Julian] Speroni has been an absolute dream, [Danny] Gabbidon, Delaney, Jedinak, [Glenn] Murray, all real solid players. Yes, I've got rid of quite a few, but I could fall back on a little group.
"Were they Premier League players? That's a different question. But they were a group that wanted to work and knuckle down and were desperate to be successful for Crystal Palace Football Club."
