Marcus Stewart is set for a return on Saturday at Pride Park. The Town striker is over his thigh problem and is included in the squad for the game that could possibly take Town into the Champions League.
The Blues will have been disappointed to come away from the Valley without even so much as a point on an evening when they dominated large parts of the game. For the first twenty minutes Charlton hardly got a kick, but despite this found themselves a goal up through Matt Svensson.
Town manager George Burley has said he wants to bring in an attacking midfielder before Thursday s transfer deadline. Town have sought to find a player to fill this gap in the squad since last summer, but despite interest in Claus Jensen, Gert Verheyen, Hassan Kachloul and at least one other unnamed player no-one has been signed.
Town s reserves take on Portsmouth at Portman Road this evening (KO 7pm) and will again field trialist Dean McDonald. The former Arsenal trainee played for the Blues in last week s second string game at Watford.