Monday's view of Tuesday's game against Wednesday

It'll be a long night for the Addick faithful who make the trip to Hillsborough tomorrow. The drive home will mean it will be the early hours of Wednesday before they get to their beds. I'll be beside my radio but with you in spirit.

What can we expect? Remember that exasperating game at the Valley earlier in the season? We started the game in zombie mode and found ourselves two down after 15 minutes. The second was characteristic of the soft goals we were conceding regulalry from set pieces as opponents were allowed free headers. Reidy single-handedly pulled our socks up and Big Chris scored a second-half double to snatch the points.

Wednesday have been erratic all season although they have settled down a bit of late in terms of being more predictable, which largely accounts for their slump back into a bottom three position. In all fairness they look like one of the weakest sides in the division. They don't have a lot up front and Brian Laws has been struggling to bring better players to the club.

At home they have won six and lost eight with no draws; more home defeats than anyone else. However, the warning signs are there - they go for it at home and so you need to match them from the off. Once again, I think the first goal could dictate the outcome. They will be anticipating a tough match from a top side and if we can get the opener it could prove demoralising as well as enabling us to play with a little more confidence and adventure which might lead to a second that would kill the game.

Madjid Bougherra will be going back home and we need a strong performance from him. NcCarthy too will need to be alert and both will need to perform far better than they did in the earlier game against Wednesday. We should be unchanged, so I'm going for Luke Varney to net again and Gray to get his first goal. Two-nil to the Addicks!