Should Daniel Farke have subbed off Leeds' biggest threats vs Norwich?

Was Daniel Farke right to sub off Willy Gnonto and Largie Ramazani vs Norwich?

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00:00I think where we should probably start is with the substitutions and the reaction to them because

00:05there's been some really interesting points made. What was your feeling when Nyonto and Ramazzani

00:10went off? Obviously I was a little bit surprised and maybe a little bit disappointed because you

00:15know they were the players, certainly in Nyonto's case, that looked as though they were capable of

00:21changing the game and after that equaliser it did feel as though the momentum swung

00:25quite heavily in Leeds' favour but the subs did kind of rob Leeds of that rhythm. I think if Leeds

00:32were playing on Saturday or Sunday then Nyonto definitely stays on. I think Ramazzani stays on

00:37for another 10 minutes. Listening to what Farker said in his post-match, he admitted it was a

00:44difficult decision but he has to prioritise their availability and their fitness. He needs them both

00:50to play against Sunderland on Friday. Given the impact that Joel Pirru has had in recent weeks,

00:56you can reasonably expect him coming on, he can possibly do something. I know that hasn't always

01:00been the case and that wasn't the case on Tuesday night but he can certainly do something. Patrick

01:05Bamford coming on to prove a point, maybe just offering something different to what Matteo

01:10Joseph had offered all night, they still should have had enough to go and get a second goal

01:15against a team that had conceded nine in seven games prior to that.

01:20Say for example, given how thin the squad is at the moment anyway, you've got Solomon and Dan

01:24James are injured, you can't afford to lose one of Nyonto or Ramazzani now, even just for one game.

01:32So you kind of have to be very pragmatic with it. The squad is Gossamer thin right now and I can

01:37understand his desire to protect it and play the long game. If something happens to Nyonto,

01:46if he pulls up with a muscle injury on 85 minutes, does Varka not get absolute pelters

01:52for not using his bench and flogging him? Or if he gets a second yellow. Exactly, if he gets sent

01:58off you think, you idiot, you left him on when he was on a yellow and we know he can be a bit of a

02:02hothead. He doesn't get pelters if Peru slams one in, but without those two, Leeds did lose

02:11the momentum. They didn't look anywhere near as mobile or as threatening or as cohesive

02:15when they played forward.