Liam Manning has confirmed Alfie May will feature in Huddersfield Town's Football League Trophy quarter-final at home to Doncaster Rovers as he looks to use his squad, but the Terriers coach has stressed nothing is more important than booking a semi-final place.

Striker May is two games in a four-match ban for his red card against Luton Town last month.

But Trophy matches stand alone when it comes to suspensions, so with May available, it is logical for Manning to give him minutes.

"I think it makes sense, given the spread of the ban and how that looks," said Manning, unbeaten in his four games as head coach.

BANNED: But Huddersfield Town's Alfie May can play in the Football League Trophy (Image: Tony Johnson)

placeholder image — BANNED: But Huddersfield Town's Alfie May can play in the Football League Trophy (Image: Tony Johnson)

"It's no secret, quite likely he'll play.

"We can keep him ticking over, which helps. It will definitely benefit him and keep him in a better spot when he's able to return."

Jack Watmough and Ryan Hardie are missing through injury, but Sean Roughan and Anthony Evans could return.

"Sean and Evans are two that are in contention to be involved in slightly different capacities with where they're at and what stages and how long they've been out and back training," confirmed Manning.

ROTATION: Huddersfield Town coach Liam Manning (Image: Tony Johnson)

"For Jack, it's a little bit early.

"(Hardie) was on the grass this (Monday) morning doing some good work. He's progressing well.

"It was nice to see him out striking a few balls."

But with the chance to put his club one game from Wembley, there will be no charity in Tuesday's team selection.

"The first thing to probably put out there is we want to win," he was keen to stress. "Whatever team we decide is to win the game.

"Anything I do, I want to win, whether it be with my seven-year-old son at home, whether it be a pre-season game, whether it be a league match. You can't turn that on and off.

"it's something that we have to have in our culture where we're hungry to win and hungry to step up and progress in this competition.

"And then off the back of that, it's picking a team that I think is able to do that.

"We've seen in the four games (he has been in charge of), with changing personnel, with subs coming on, having an impact, we have got some depth. We've got some people that have given me some good headaches during games with the impact they've had coming off the bench or people that have started.

"So it's one of those to try and find the right blend and balance.

"We're fortunate we can make some changes and still maintain strength."

The game kicks off at 7pm.