Xavier Amaechi will play for Bolton Wanderers reserves tomorrow along with a few other first team squad members as Ian Evatt faces selection calls over the next month.
Wanderers have a total of eight games across February and began it last night with a 2-0 win over Cambridge United.
After a host of chances where Wanderers should have taken the lead in the first half, they did just that when Amadou Bakayoko slotted home before half-time.
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Bolton weathered pressure from the U's in the first 15 minutes after the break as Mark Bonner's side sought a route back into the encounter.
But Dapo Afolayan made the points secure with a great solo effort to ensure Wanderers went four wins on the bounce and indeed with four clean sheets in a row which has lifted them back into the top half of the table.
Amaechi has returned to training and will play for the club's reserves tomorrow as part of building his fitness back after a hamstring strain, as will other first team players who need minutes.
And Evatt likened his new squad options to having the best china plates back available after using paper ones, but it is a problem he would rather have than not.
He said: “He’s(Amaechi) back training. He will play in the reserves on Thursday, as will a few of them because they need games, but it’s great that we can have that headache again.
"It’s going to get harder and harder but that’s the way we want it.
“A month ago I had paper plates and now I’ve got our best china, so that’s how I feel! I’d rather have that problem than not. We’ve got some real problems selection wise but some real good players and the most pleasing thing for me is how together the group is.
"There’s some real good characters in there now and they’re all buying into it with each other, they’re all supporting each other. If they’re out of the team, I don’t expect them to be happy with me, but I can deal with that frustration.
"It’s down to me to keep them happy, but everyone’s going to play a part. Every single player. We need everybody from now until the end of the season if we’re going to do anything.
“We’ve got a long way to go and a lot of points to play for.”
Evatt rested Kieran Lee for last night's win over the U's and would have ideally liked to rotate a few more, including defender Gethin Jones.
The Bolton boss explained that communication takes place with the players to let them know the plan during busy periods and why they might be rested, though Evatt admits it is not an easy decision to make.
Evatt said: “We can try and do that. We always highlighted this game for Kieran to have a rest and ideally I would have liked to have rested Gethin and a couple of others tonight.
"But when you win 6-0 against Sunderland and you’ve kept three clean sheets on the bounce, if it doesn’t go right it’ll be Evatt out again, so I have to be really careful with the team selection.
"Everything is hard, it’s not easy being a manager and especially when you’ve got this many options but I’m really grateful that we’ve got these options and hopefully we can keep them all in one piece.”
