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DUO SET FOR HOME DEBUTS

DUO SET FOR HOME DEBUTS

Grayson: Set to blood new players

Blackpool boss Simon Grayson could hand home debuts to striker Liam Dickinson and midfielder Kyel Reid when Charlton visit Bloomfield Road.

Dickinson and Reid have joined on one-month loan deals from Derby and West Ham respectively and made impressive bows during last weekend's 2-1 win at Plymouth.

Dickinson scored both goals after coming off the substitutes' bench while Reid played the full 90 minutes and could start again.

Goalkeeper Graham Stack is on loan from Plymouth and is also in contention to feature after being ineligible to face his parent club last weekend.

Striker Daniel Nardiello has trained this week and could come into contention for a place on the bench and defender Danny Coid is also set to be passed fit.

However, forward Steve McPhee (knee) and midfielder David Vaughan (calf) look certain to remain sidelined while Jermaine Wright and Stephen Crainey are long-term injury absentees.

Phil Parkinson looks set to name an unchanged starting line-up for Charlton.

Caretaker boss Parkinson is likely to still be without Therry Racon, who suffered a knee injury against QPR recently and missed last weekend's promising goalless draw with Southampton.

Midfielder Zheng Zhi is the Addicks' only other injury absentee with a foot problem.

Loanees Jay McEveley and Deon Burton enjoyed impressive debuts last weekend and should keep their places.

Parkinson now has seven on-loan players on the Valley books and only five are allowed to be named in a match day squad, with Martyn

Waghorn and Linvoy Primus the fall guys against Saints.

The Addicks will be hoping for an improved display following last season's 5-3 defeat at Bloomfield Road.