Crawley Town injury update: Former Millwall and Cardiff defender out 'for a number of weeks' but promising news on key striker ahead of Gillingham trip

Kaheim Dixon, who started in the 2-1 win against Fleetwood Town, has been called up to Jamiaca and Dion Pereira has been selected by the Antigua & Barbuda national team.

And Lindsey confirmed in his pre-match press conference that Scott Malone is likely to be out injured, but gave more promising news on Harry McKirdy.

Lindsey said: “Scott Malone is a doubt for the weekend and probably for a number of weeks moving forward. Harry McK8rdy trained today for the first time. We probably have to wait until tomorrow to see if there's any backlash from that training session today before we make a decision on him. But I'm hopeful that he will be included in the squad.”

On the international call-ups, Lindsey said he’s ‘not crying about things we can’t affect’. “It's just the hand we are dealt and we've just got to get on with it,” he said.

"I've picked a team today and we've gone through some bits today and I've got to be honest with you, it looked really good. And then we'll do a bit more tomorrow, I'm confident with the team I've picked. We can't change that [international call-ups]. I'm big on not crying about things we can't affect.

Some of the squad players impressed on Tuesday night in the Vertu Trophy and when asked if there was potential some of those could get a look in, Lindsey said: “There's always potential. I think that people can say that that's a headache, but it's not.

"It's never a headache when you've got good players to pick from. It's my job to make a decision. I usually do that with kind of experience and knowledge and a little bit of data thrown in and help from my staff as well. And we feel that we've picked the right team for this weekend.”

The game at Gillingham will be shown live on Sky Sports and kicks off at 5.30pm.