Alan Pardew urges Crystal Palace to help Emmanuel Adebayor see off Tottenham

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has urged his side to "put a performance on" for striker Emmanuel Adebayor as he prepares to face former club Tottenham in the FA Cup on Sunday.

Palace have failed to win in any of their last six Premier League games, with their only victories since December 19 coming in the FA Cup, away at Southampton and at home to Stoke.

Pardew could be boosted by the return of Yannick Bolasie, who has missed the last nine weeks with a hip problem, but it is Adebayor who Pardew believes could make the difference in the fifth-round clash at White Hart Lane.

"We are fired up and motivated for him [Adebayor]," Pardew said. "We know it will be Adebayor. It will bring his personality [out] and he will bring quality to the pitch. Spurs fans know that, I don't have to tell them that.

"Cheer him or boo him, whatever they will do, that is part and parcel of the game, part of the fabric of what we love about football. He will cope with the highs and the lows of the game.

"We want to put a performance on for him that gives him the best possible standing to bring his best game to the pitch. If he brings his best game to the pitch, he can win it."

Cheer him or boo him, whatever they will do, that is part and parcel of the game.

Pardew has criticised the scheduling of the FA Cup, reiterating his belief that the Football Association's organisation of the competition undermines it.

A draw against Spurs would extend his side's fixture list at a crucial point in their season and also adversely affect their opponents, who are attempting to mount challenges for the Premier League and the Europa League.

In the event of a replay, they would likely meet again on March 8 - two days after Palace host Liverpool in the league and two days before a potential Europa League match for Spurs - unless Pardew's concerns are acknowledged and the schedule changed.

"I'd hate to see [replays] go, although the scheduling of them looks poor, for whatever reason that is," he added.

"Between the FA and the Premier League, they need to sit down. We are talking about the replay date for this game, and wow, it looks complicated to me. It's definitely complicated for Spurs.

"So both managers would prefer to get this job done on Sunday. The game is not like that. The replay is in the rules, we're going to have to deal with that when it turns up.

"Perhaps a little bit of foresight should have been there at the start of this season on the scheduling with some of these replays.

"I don't think it has been confirmed yet. There are discussions going on. The scenario looks like a two-day break for us and Spurs.

"Of course, myself and the Spurs manager [Mauricio Pochettino] don't think that's ideal.

"We are putting our players at risk. That is not enough recovery time given the amount of effort and capacity we have to play at in the current game."