Farke praises wingers after recent rotation

Leeds United head coach Daniel Farke has praised his wingers after rotating his side in recent weeks.

Leeds' 3-0 home drubbing of Luton on Wednesday night was their fourth victory in the last five league games and took the German's side top of the Championship.

Farke now has a tough decision to make: whether to keep Wilfried Gnonto and Manor Solomon in the team or replace one of them for Daniel James, who has found form in recent weeks.

"They are just 100 percent happy when I play them each and every second," Farke told BBC Radio Leeds ahead of Saturday's trip to Blackburn Rovers.

"It’s also normal that when you have such a period - three games within six days - and also keeping in mind you have 46 matches a year, two cup competitions, international games - you can’t play each and every minute.

"So, I have to praise my lads because they all accept that."

Farke's wingers have all provided key contributions in recent weeks, with James providing three assists and a goal in his last two matches, while Gnonto and Solomon both scored in the stoppage-time 4-3 win at Swansea City on Sunday.

The Leeds boss added that his rotation policy had been tactical too.

"We want to be flexible and not be that predictable for our opponents," he said.

"The players know exactly what to they have to do if we change it and so we don’t want to play 46 games with more or less the same structure with the same players in the same position because, first, it becomes predictable, and also a bit boring.”