ADVER Sport spoke to South London Press’ Richard Cawley to find out all about Swindon Town’s upcoming opponents, Charlton Athletic.

AS: Charlton have won just two of their previous 10 games – what has gone wrong?

RC: Ryan Innis has been out since the Fleetwood Town game, and Akin Famewo has been missing for a number of weeks as well. Because of that, Charlton have looked a lot more vulnerable, defensively. Charlton don’t tend to keep clean sheets, they’re averaging two goals a game conceded, and you’d only need to look at a handful of goals to see where the problem lies.

AS: Is Lee Bowyer under any pressure? What is the general mood amongst the fans?

RC: I think the supporters’ expectations are still fairly high. Lee Bowyer would say they are still well within reach of achieving a top-six finish, but that it is a building process. Whether fans want to hear that, I’m not sure because Charlton are one of those sides are used to being successful. Bowyer has only been a manager for a few years though, so any decision to let him go would be very premature, in my opinion. He’s a manager who has brought stability to the club and he’s a manager wo has won a promotion. With a bit more luck and a change in circumstance, I think the team would have stayed up last year anyway.

AS: Despite the poor run, who has stood out as the shining light?

RC: The obvious player that has stood out for Charlton has been Chuks Aneke. But I think it’s symptomatic of Charlton’s problems that he’s a striker who has had his fair share of injury problems. He has been forced to play 60 minutes in one game and then 30 in the next in order to keep him available. I think it’s more likely that he will start on Saturday because he only got half an hour on Tuesday night.

AS: What will be the difference on the day?

RC: If Charlton can right their recent defensive wrongs, I would expect them to get the three points. Charlton are conceding far too easily from direct balls of late – that’s probably been their biggest problem. If the defensive stability returns, Lee Bowyer’s men have enough firepower to win the game.