Leeds United are top of the Championship ahead of the two-week international break.
Noel Whelan has defended Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa, after some fans questioned the timing of his substitutions on Friday night.
Leeds remain top of the Championship after winning a point against second-placed Middlesbrough at Elland Road.
The Whites finished the game in the ascendency, but Bielsa decided to only give Patrick Bamford a three-minute cameo after swapping him with Kemar Roofe in the closing stages.
Some Leeds fans suggested that the Argentine could and probably should have deployed his £7 million striker a little earlier, with the visitors looking on the ropes at one point.
Here is what former Whites striker Whelan told BBC Radio Leeds: “Look, he’s the manager and he’s doing a great job. He knows what needs changing and when it needs changing.
“Sometimes you don’t want to upset the apple cart, the balance of the side.
“In hindsight he could’ve given Bamford more game time but I don’t think anyone will grumble that we’re going into the international break unbeaten and top of the league.”
As Whelan pointed out, it’s fair to say that Bielsa, whose side have won 14 points from a possible 18 in the Championship this season, probably knows what he is doing.
Leeds fans wanted the victory and rightly so, but many would have taken a point beforehand, given that Tony Pulis’s Boro have been just as impressive as United so far this season.
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