Orient v Bristol Rovers preview

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By Amanda Cornforth   Last updated: 2nd May 2008

Martin Ling

Ling: No worries

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Leyton Orient boss Martin Ling has no new injury worries ahead of the final-day clash with fellow mid-table dwellers Bristol Rovers.

Centre-halves Alton Thelwell (knee) and Tamika Mkandawire (groin) remain Orient's only absentees, so Brian Saah and Sam Oji will continue at the back.

Youngsters Loick Pires, Bradley Gray and Solomon Shields will vie for places on the bench as Ling begins planning for next season.

Goalkeeper Stuart Nelson has not featured since Ling revealed he was in dispute with the club, so the O's will once again have no cover for Glenn Morris among the substitutes.

Midfielders Sean Thornton and JJ Melligan will push for starts should Ling opt to revert to his trademark 4-4-2 formation against Rovers.

Rovers

Midfielder Ryan Green and defender Danny Coles will both miss Bristol Rovers' trip to Orient.

Green will be absent from Paul Trollope's side as he continues to be ruled out due to an Achilles injury.

Coles also remains sidelined as he recovers from a knee injury, but the defender is intent on being ready for the next campaign.

He told the club's official website: "It's getting better week by week, and I should be back as fit as a fiddle and firing on all cylinders for the start of next season."

Seventeen-year-old midfielder Charlie Clough could be handed another opportunity to impress having made his league debut as a 68th-minute substitute in last weekend's 2-0 defeat at home to Brighton.

Leyton Orient Evens, Bristol Rov 9/4, Draw 9/4