Josh Cullen’s all action performances have earned him his first call up to the Ireland senior side.
Ireland manager, Mick McCarthy, witnessed Cullen’s outstanding performance against Burton on Tuesday from the Valley Directors’ Box.
The midfielder did more than enough to impress McCarthy. Lee Bowyer will be hoping Cullen continues in the same vein against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Ground on Saturday.
The Pirates edged perilously close to the foot of the table, but winning their last three games has seen them rise to 16th.
Charlton are in good form though, so it should be an exciting match up. Their two latest wins have been very different.
The sparkling display against Portsmouth, preceded an attritional, hard fought win against Burton.
Bowyer is sweating on the availability of hamstring victim, Krystian Bielik, and Joe Aribo, who has been suffering with illness.
The Memorial Ground pitch will be heavy, so Bowyer will have to consider his options carefully.
The Addicks could look something like this:
Phillips; Solly, Bauer, Sarr, Purrington; Bielik, Cullen, Aribo, Fosu; Taylor, Parker.
Subs: Maxwell, Dijksteel, Pearce, Lapslie, Marshall, Reeves, Vetokele.
The referee will Dean Whitestone from Northamptonshire.
It will be a testing afternoon in the West Country, but confidence is sky high in the camp at the moment.
The team is not short of ability, but also has a steely determination, much like the manager in his playing hey day.
Bowyer will be confident of taking the three points back to London.
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