Bullard in Cottagers reckoning

Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard may start for Fulham in tomorrow’s FA Cup third round replay at Bristol Rovers.

Bullard has completed rehabilitation from his career-threatening knee injury, sustained in September 2006, and came on in the second half of Saturday’s Barclays Premier League match at former club West Ham.

Up front, Brian McBride remains sidelined by a knee injury, while Senegal striker Diomansy Kamara is away on African Nations Cup duty.

Provisional squad: Niemi, Warner, Volz, Stefanovic, Bocanegra, Hughes, Konchesky, Bullard, Davies, Murphy, Davis, Dempsey, Healy, Kuqi, Leijer, Smertin, Seol, Christanval.