Parky welcomes cup distraction

The Addicks fell to only their second league defeat of the season at Carlisle on Saturday, but remain in the automatic promotion places ahead of Sunday's FA Cup trip to Northwich and Wednesday night's Johnstone's Paint Trophy meeting with Southampton. "The fact we are second going into the two cup games is nice," said Parkinson. "But we've just been beaten 3-1 at Carlisle and my thoughts are now on what we can do better, and we want to put on a better show in our next game."