Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp says he will pick the "best team available" for his side's FA Cup fourth-round tie away to Manchester United on Saturday.
He had been criticised for claiming after the game at Burnley on Wednesday that injuries would force him to send a weakened team to Manchester.
However, on Friday he insisted: "We're not taking a reserve team. Everyone who is fit, will play."
But he added the injuries made it "very difficult" to field his strongest team.
Tottenham's injury list could make a starting line-up in itself, with 11 players set to miss out.
Definitely missing are Heurelho Gomes (thigh), Vedran Corluka (groin), Ledley King (hamstring), Aaron Lennon (groin), Jermaine Jenas (calf), Darren Bent (groin), Jamie O'Hara (hip) and Alan Hutton (foot).
Spurs also have concerns over Jonathan Woodgate (back) and Luka Modric (back, hamstring), while Michael Dawson has "about four different injuries" that could rule him out.
Redknapp's injury list got worse following his side's aggregate win over Burnley in the Carling Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.
And it was after that match that the Spurs manager said the team he would put out for the FA Cup tie against Manchester United would be "mish-mash".
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has backed the Spurs boss and said he understands why Redknapp might be forced to shuffle his squad.
"It is not a reflection on the FA Cup at all," Ferguson said.
"Harry was speaking, in the emotion of a game, of what I am sure is a concern. He has some genuine injuries and is concerned about Tuesday night against Stoke.
"At the moment they are down there along with three or four others on 21 points - in that situation you have to protect your club."
Ferguson also has a string of injuries following his side's Carling Cup semi-final win over Derby on Tuesday.
United have 10 players missing for Saturday's game against Tottenham and Ferguson is expected to again call on several of the players who helped guide United to Wembley.
United midfielder Paul Scholes said: "We have been saying all along we have a big squad and a quality squad. Now we have to prove it.
Each team participating in an FA Cup match shall represent the full available strength of each competing club
FA Rule 15a
"It is disappointing when you get injuries and we seem to be dropping like flies but this is the time you need your squad players."
The Football Association (FA) has not become involved in the debate about below-strength sides but it does have a regulation in place to prevent a club fielding a weakened team.
According to the competition's Rule 15a: "Each team participating in a match shall represent the full available strength of each competing club."
Meanwhile, the FA has also revealed it is confident England's major clubs will not start using a little-known to rule to avoid FA Cup replays.
The rule, which has not been used in the competition proper for over half a century, was designed to help small clubs in the very early stages of the competition avoid expensive replays.
The FA Cup Rule 11a allows sides to play extra-time to try and resolve ties, although if the teams were level after 120 minutes a penalty shoot-out would not be allowed and a replay would still then have to take place.
With Manchester United and Tottenham both severely hampered by injuries and facing a fixture backlog there had been suggestions they might invoke the rule.
But Redknapp said: "I didn't know about it and would not want to try and change the traditions of the cup anyway."
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