Charlton will play number 41, West Bromwich Albion. So the wait for a glamour tie at The Valley goes on.

The very least a fan wants is to be drawn against a team from a different division. This tie does not whet the appetitie, and only the West Lower is likely to be open for Charlton fans.

With the Addicks playing Swansea at the Liberty Stadium on Thursday evening (2 January), the FA Cup match will almost certainly be played on Sunday 5 January with a 2.00pm kick-off.

To complicate matters further, both Palace and Millwall have home ties.
Lee Bowyer gave a comprehensive update on the injury situation to London News Online on Monday.

Lyle Taylor is still some way away from being able to start a game, and there are long term doubts about Beram Kayal:

“Lyle (Taylor) was in on Saturday and he came through all that with no pain, we’ll see how he is today. If he is okay today then we can push on again.

“Over the next few days he will be in Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and then train with us on Thursday and Friday. That’s the plan at the moment. He’s okay, which is good.

“Him and Chuks (Aneke) are both meant to be back for the weekend.

‎”Jonny (Williams) is out running now. He is still a couple of weeks away but I think they (the medical department) are saying Hull.

Jonny Williams is the next one (to return). Sam (Field) is about three weeks away.

“Slowly but surely they are starting to come back and we can start having a go again. 

“It won’t happen overnight. Once they come back we’ve got to get them fit – and keep them fit. After a couple of weeks of that they can start playing again.

“Lyle and Chuks can’t start at Boro. They’d have to come off the bench to get some minutes and then some in the midweek game (at home to Huddersfield).

“Ali (Thrush, head of medical services) is saying ideally they get 20 minutes on Saturday and 20 minutes on Tuesday, then they might be able to start.

“Jonny would probably be on the bench against Hull,” said Bowyer, who went on to give disappointing news about loanee midfielder, Beram Kayal:

‎”He went back to Brighton and had an injection while he was away (on international duty with Israel), but I don’t think that his injury is as straightforward as we thought. 

“We’re waiting on Brighton to see what they are saying”.