Sunderland linked with Reid again as the transfer window starts to close.

In the wake of Charlton's encouraging home win against Stoke City, Sunderland are again being linked with a move for Andy Reid. The fee still being spoken of as around £2.5m although a player exchange for Greg Halford is also being mooted. Don't do it Richard, it's not enough, it's not a good player exchange and Reid has the potential to win us promotion.

It was a good night for the Addicks all around. West Brom again showed their fragile side in going down 2-1 at Preston who finished with 9 men. Watford could only manage a point at Sheffield United and Ipswich drew at home to Plymouth. With Palace also losing on Monday night, this represents real progress and momentum for the Addicks.

Saturday offers us the chance of moving closer still if we can win at Scunthorpe. There will be a better than normal turn-out by the travelling Addicks on Saturday as Glanford Park represents a new ground for most (I saw Maidstone United play there whilst still a league club). Half-a-dozen of my mates are making a rare effort to travel and I am miffed I will be missing it, although duty calls and I will be in Edinburgh warming up for the Scotland v France 6 Nations opener. Scunthorpe are short of confidence and haven't won at home in their last 11 matches! In fact, they have only one one of their last 17 attempts which shows how much of a slump they are in. We should beat them and it would be a real fillip to knock some goals in and boost the goal difference.