Wayne Routledge and Nile Ranger are in with a shout of starting because of Shola Ameobi's hamstring problem.
And he has Danny Guthrie, Alan Smith, Ryan Taylor and defenders Sol Campbell and Steven Taylor all desperate for first-team action.
Chris Hughton: “That’s what I need to assess.
“I will decide whether to freshen things up a bit or whether this group deserve to go again against Fulham.
“I think they did well in the second half.
“If you take away their goal then we go in and get a deserved draw.
“It’s certainly something I need to think about.
“What the crowd saw (against Blackburn) was a team that pushed and pushed and deserved something from the game.
“I don’t think there would be anybody in that stadium that felt we deserved to lose the game, but we did.
“That’s how cruel this division can be. That’s the type of game last season we won or clawed something from, but we were up against a resolute team in Blackburn.”