We're scarred by thumping, admits Shaun Derry

Crystal Palace skipper Shaun Derry says the 4-0 hammering by Championship new-boys Scunthorpe will haunt his side all season.

Despite coming off of back-to-back wins over Derby and League leaders West Brom last weekend - midfielder Derry insists it will be hard to get over the defeat by the Iron.

He said: "You try not to look at the negatives, but during that game, everything that could go wrong -went wrong.

"We have got to try to look at what we did badly at Scunthorpe with what went right at Derby and West Brom."

Palace host Brian Laws's Sheffield Wednesday at Selhurst Park tonight, and they are a side Derry knows a bit about having played for their cross-city rivals United.

Derry said: "They are a massive side, a huge side in this division.

"They have a great strike-force and in Tudgay one of the best forwards in the division."

Tonight will see Jose Fonte and Paddy McCarthy combine in central defence for Palace, while Claude Davis waits to make his debut after leaving Derby.