Thomas Frank will have to tread that fine line between naming a strong Tottenham team to face League One side Doncaster Rovers in the Carabao Cup while also needing rest various players.
Spurs finished an unbeaten first week after the international break with victories against West Ham United and Villarreal and a comeback draw at Brighton and a number of players took part in all three games across those seven days. With the visit of Wolves on Saturday evening in the Premier League, Frank will likely have to shuffle his pack to face Rovers, who sit seventh in League One, and feature on-loan Tottenham youngster Damola Ajayi.
Frank told football.london on Monday that goalkeeper Antonin Kinksy will start between the sticks in the third round tie but also confirmed that Randal Kolo Muani and Ben Davies remain out with a dead leg and twisted knee respectively.
Frank had previously ruled out Dominic Solanke but the striker did return to training with the squad on Tuesday following his ankle injury, alongside summer arrival Kota Takai, who is yet to appear in a matchday squad following a plantar fascia problem in his foot. That means one of them could potentially be a surprise addition to the bench.
That also goes for Radu Dragusin, who has been training with the squad for a couple of weeks now following his return from a cruciate ligament injury suffered in January. Frank will have to decide when it is the right time for the Croatian centre-back to step up to match action.
In the mean time that leaves the Tottenham boss without many centre-back to rotate with, which means either one of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven starts with Kevin Danso with them potentially playing a half each, or teenager Archie Gray plays in central defence alongside the Austria international.
There are also likely to be starts for Xavi Simons, Djed Spence, Pape Matar Sarr, Brennan Johnson and Mathys Tel after being named among the substitutes at the Amex Stadium on Saturday.
Sixteen-year-olds Jun'ai Byfield and Luca Williams-Barnett have been training with the first team and were not used in the U21s' defeat at Plymouth in the Vertu Trophy, with Frank admitting this match presented an opportunity to give youngsters a chance from the bench.
Here's the Tottenham team we reckon the Dane might select to face the Football League side.