Fulham boss Kit Symons says midfielder Chris David's continued absence is a result of his decision to pick matchday squads "best placed" to pick up points.
Dutch youngster David made six appearances at the start of the season under ex-boss Felix Magath but he has featured just once under Symons - an 18-minute cameo in the 5-2 Capital One Cup loss at home to Derby in October.
Symons explained: "I pick the squad that I think is best placed to get the results for the team on each occasion and he's just not made those squads."
David could be handed a chance to impress in the coming week with Fulham set to face a run of three fixtures in eight days and Symons is considering shuffling his pack.
He said: "The games are coming thick and fast now and progressing in the FA Cup will add to that.
"It's a lot of fixtures and people will be rotated, as you have to to get through these periods, but I'm happy we've got the players to do that."