Injuries have been the scourge of Tottenham's season and Ange Postecoglou is going to have to get creative with his formation to face Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday.
The latest injury to rock Spurs has been Dejan Kulusevski requiring surgery to the patella in his right knee, which means that not only will the Swede miss the big night in Bilbao, but he will also be out for a number of months ahead as he looks towards returning next season.
The 25-year-old's absence is compounded by the fact that James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall have already been ruled out for the remainder of the season by Postecoglou, meaning all of Spurs' creative central midfielders have been wiped out in one fell swoop ahead of the final.
That means the Australian's normal system will not work as well, so he may have to go back to the drawing board to come up with a formation that suits the players he has got and creates problems Ruben Amorim's side.
Here are four options that Postecoglou could take:
The Tottenham boss could go old school with his formation because he's got the players for a 4-4-2 and we saw it with different players in stages on Friday at Villa Park.
Dominic Solanke could play off Richarlison, and with both strikers good in the air and sweeping home finishes in the six-yard box, Postecoglou could utilise Son Heung-min and Brennan Johnson on the wings trying to get the ball to the two front men, as would Pedro Porro with his deeper crosses.
You would then have Rodrigo Bentancur and Bissouma patrolling the midfield behind them in a double pivot up against the United midfield.
United do have some big defenders but there would be plenty of options for Tottenham to aim for in this formation. The issue would be whether the midfield would be strong enough to compete with their Manchester counterparts.
Another option for Postecoglou is to go with the formation that brought Tottenham joy back in the days under Mauricio Pochettino and that is the 4-2-3-1.
We've seen it a couple of times in recent weeks and in this formation, Solanke could be the lone striker or he could also play the number 10 role behind Richarlison in a slightly withdrawn version of the formation above. Another alternative is Son playing behind Solanke with Richarlison or Mathys Tel on the left.
Wilson Odobert also looked slightly better in the number 10 role against Villa than he did against Palace.
"I thought Wilson was good. The issue with Wilson is he has just missed so much of the season," said Postecoglou. "You can see he lacks match sharpness but he is an intelligent player. Now I thought at times tonight, in tight areas he found his way forward and a couple of things didn’t fall his way.
"He was unlucky with his finish which I thought was an outstanding finish but it fell straight at Emi Martinez. I think with Wilson, at least we have got him some significant minutes again. With the way we are in that midfield area, he might be one we need to rely on come Wednesday so it’s good for him to play."
A back three
A third option for the Tottenham boss is to turn the full-backs into more offensive weapons by utilising a back three. Once again, Postecoglou has the players for it.
Kevin Danso could come into a back three, either splitting Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven in central defence or slotting in on the right-hand side of the three himself.
That would allow Pedro Porro and Destiny Udogie, both with plenty of experience as wing-backs, to operate higher up the pitch and give United's defence more to think about. The formation could then be a 3-4-3 or a 3-5-2 depending on what Postecoglou wanted to do further up the pitch.
There is also the chance that Postecoglou just sticks with what the team has known for most of his time at the club and goes with the 4-3-3.
That would likely mean a start for Pape Matar Sarr, if he's available after that back issue, in the midfield three with either he or Bentancur pushing further up the pitch whenever they can and Bissouma anchoring it all.
Sarr has the ability to run on to passes from deep while Bentancur can thread balls through so while it would be an industrious trio on the surface with Bissouma, it would have certain elements that could get Tottenham up the pitch.
It would also contain midfielders who can cover if the inverted full-backs want to make a full return to give United far more to think about.