Crawley boss Richie Barker admits he will have to assess Joe Walsh before deciding whether the defender is mentally and physically ready to face Shrewsbury Town today.

Walsh is available again after missing last weekend’s 3-2 victory over Gillingham as he was on European Championship qualifying duty with Wales Under-21.

Wales went down to a shock 1-0 defeat in San Marino before being held to a goalless draw in Moldova with Walsh playing the full 90 minutes in both ties.

Barker previously opted to leave Walsh out in the 2-1 defeat by Rotherham after being part of the Wales team hammered 5-1 by Finland.

Barker said: “Joe’s come back fine apart from the fact he might be a bit mentally scarred as I’ve been told it was San Marino’s first win since 1996.

“The other thing you have to consider is that he has just played two away games in the space of four days and has been travelling all around Europe.”