Mansfield Town are down to the bare bones as they prepare to host Wanderers in League One.
Nigel Clough admitted that it was difficult to get an XI together against Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup on Saturday.
Despite that, Clough hailed his players’ efforts to eventually win on penalties and progress to the third round.
“We will just have a count up on Monday and see who we’ve got,” he told the club. “I don’t think many of the injured (players) who missed today will be available.
“Kyle Knoyle is going to be out for I think six to eight weeks, Jordan (Bowery) is going to be at least four weeks, Aaron Lewis still with his ankle.
“Jamie McDonnell picked up a knock in extra time so I don’t even want to start thinking about it yet!”
Will Evans and Kyle McAdam were both on target at the Wham Stadium before goalkeeper Owen Mason was the hero in the shootout.
“(Picking) the starting line-up is unbelievably challenging at the moment,” the manager added.
“There were nine not with us, including Liam Roberts who had a rib injury from Cardiff last week. It’s not a resting situation or anything like that, he is injured.
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“As are the other eight - and the three who couldn’t start in Lucas Akins, Elliott Hewitt and Will Evans - so you just do your best around that.
"When you’ve got 12 senior players who can’t start, you’ve got to show a lot of character to get a result."
Liam Roberts has started all 17 league games so far between the sticks but is now a doubt to face the Whites.
“He couldn’t train all week,” Clough explained. “He tried a little bit of goalkeeping work (on Friday) but felt it.
“We are just hoping that the tablets he is on and everything else… rib injuries are notoriously slow to heal so we will see how he is. If not, we will go with Owen on Tuesday.”
Mansfield currently sit 16th in the table and had lost four successive matches in all competitions prior to the weekend.
However, the Stags have a decent home record with four victories and only two defeats from their eight league games at Field Mill so far this term.
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