Ange Postecoglou will have to strike a delicate balance with his Tottenham Hotspur team to take on Coventry City in the Carabao Cup third round on Wednesday evening.
Spurs follow up their North London Derby defeat with a potential banana skin of a cup trip to Championship side Coventry and Postecoglou will want to give minutes to his players to keep them all sharp while also being wary of weakening his side to a degree that risks their chances in the match.
The Australian made nine changes last season in this competition and his team went out at the first time of asking to eventual semi-finalists Fulham following a penalty shoot-out defeat at Craven Cottage.
Yves Bissouma will miss out through injury again and football.london asked Postecoglou whether young players like Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and even 17-year-old Mikey Moore could feature at the Ricoh Arena on Wednesday night.
"Yeah, they're ready to play and we're keen to get them some game time. That's why we brought them to the club," he said. "They're training really well and the games haven't gone the way we wanted in terms of giving them some more exposure but we always knew that this is the period where it starts.
"Not just between now and the next international break but post that, probably until the end of January we're going to have a really busy schedule and they're going to play a big part in that. So guys like those three you mentioned, Wilson [Odobert] who hasn't played much so far, Pape [Matar Sarr] and a lot of these guys, we're keen to get them playing because we're going to need them."
Here's the Tottenham team we reckon Postecoglou will go with: