Daniel Farke's Leeds United gamble under the microscope but real answer lies 100 miles away

It's not an easy choice to make, whether to stick or twist. With risk can come reward but also danger. A decision to err on the side of caution by Daniel Farke drew some criticism from Leeds United supporters after the 1-1 draw with Norwich City was played out.

There's no doubting the second-half substitutions by Leeds boss sucked the momentum out of the game from a Leeds perspective and having looked like the only team likely of winning the game late on, the Whites seemed happy to play out a draw at Carrow Road.

A point on the road is not a bad result at all with three already tucked away from the weekend and a tough trip to Sunderland to come three days later. The convincing 3-0 win over Coventry City on Saturday no doubt played into Farke's thinking when banking a point at Norwich and starting to look ahead to the game at Sunderland.

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With Largie Ramazani, Wilfried Gnonto and to a lesser extent, Mateo Joseph taken off, Leeds lost their threatening edge when the game and second place in the table was there for the taking. If keeping those fresh legs means Leeds have plenty in the tank to take at worst a point at the league leaders on Friday night, then the decision will be justified. However, if it doesn't work out at the Stadium of Light then those already banging the drum about Farke's negative approach will be beating it even louder.

Managers' decisions are always put under a microscope and examined, but in this regard we'll only really be able to tell if it was a good move or not based on the performance of the team on Friday night. In the unpredictable world of the Championship, a point away from home against a side who will expect to be in and around the play-off places never feels like a bad result. It's just a case of, what if?