Oldham Tomorrow...and er, Rochdale?

Onto Oldham and a key opportunity to get back to winning ways in the league. Hopefully. Following a good 4-1 win in the JPT, a few youngsters must be knocking on the door, but probably only if injuries allow.

We still have a definitive starting 11 in the current system, but unfortunately a few might be missing tomorrow. Semedo will be out again, so Spring will continue in that role which he appears to be acclimatising to. Richardson, who in my opinion has been excellent this year, is less than 50-50 according to Parkinson. Of course, we've heard similar stories this year regarding Nicky Bailey, so it wouldn't be a huge shock if Richardson lined up to take his place at 3pm tomorrow. If not though, it would appear Parky is considering either Solly to come in as a like for like replacement, or shifting Youga across to right back and drafting in Grant Basey, who by all accounts played well against Barnet. Parkinson has hinted at either change, but against Barnet withdrew Solly an hour in, and explained that this was to keep him fresh for Oldham. However, concerns about the aptitude of the Oldham left midfielder in the air seem to have surfaced, and perhaps playing an inexperienced right back who is likely to be giving away inches in height might not be the best thing for his development.

Lloyd Sam may also be out, which would mean Wagstaff coming in for a start. He took his goal extremely well on Tuesday night, and he is certainly a willing runner. Of course his game is still lacking in certain departments, but hopefully he will be able to get into the game fully from the start tomorrow. Sam Sodje will also miss out due to being on international duty. Miguel Llera will come back in, and hopefully prove the doubters wrong after what some have described as the worst performance ever seen in a Charlton shirt against Colchester.

I'll be honest, I don't know that much about Oldham. They have an excellent return of 10 points from the last 12, so must be on a high in terms of confidence, however before that they took just 6 points from a possible 21, so seem to be a side capable of the ridiculous or the sublime. Pawel Abbot appears to be the main goal threat with 4 goals to his name. Hopefully he isn't a 6 foot 4 powerhouse up against Llera. They don't seem to score many, but equally don't concede too many either, so could be a tight game, but hopefully Charlton will have too much quality.

Prediction: Charlton 2-0 Oldham

I will be at Spotland to watch Rochdale vs Barnet. Sounds like Barnet are a decent outfit and Rochdale are doing well this season. If you are really lucky I'll give you a match report of that in the near future. Hopefully we won't have to get too used to League 2 football just yet though.