Fulham midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi has been ruled out for up to six weeks because of ankle ligament damage.
Dikgacoi limped off during Saturday's 0-0 draw at Bolton and adds to an injury list that already includes Paul Konchesky, John Pantsil, Zoltan Gera, Clint Dempsey and Andy Johnson.
Fulham have at least received good news on Bobby Zamora and Simon Davies ahead of Tuesday's game at home to Burnley, but Roy Hodgson says is getting difficult simply to field a squad given the current problems at Craven Cottage.
"Bobby is fine and has recovered from his sickness, and will be back in contention tomorrow, as is Simon Davies," he said. "The game at Bolton was once again an expensive game for us, because we got a point, but have lost another player as Dikgacoi will be out for five to six weeks.
"We have barely got 18 players. There is no longer a selection problem at this club - (the problem) is 'have we got 18 fit players to fit the 11 spots and fill the substitutes bench?'.
"Until we get back to a situation where the squad starts to resemble normal size with quality players back, it will be difficult for us.
"It is not easy to finish mid-table and we cannot ignore the fact that playing
FA Cup matches and Europa League matches, when other sides are out, places a
further burden on our resources, making the league match which follows much more
difficult for us.''