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Leeds best possible XI v Swansea

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OPINION

Leeds United can continue their remarkable start to the season if they make one change tonight (Tuesday) to the side that chalked up a fourth consecutive win at the weekend.

Marcelo Bielsa is likely to rotate his players this week as they prepare for testing Championship away fixtures against Swansea City this evening and then Norwich City on Saturday.

However, the Argentine manager should not go overboard and make significant tweaks, which could upset the balance of a team that have destroyed all comers in a remarkable start to the season.

Instead, he should just make one alteration in attack, with Pablo Hernandez omitted in favour of Manchester City loanee Jack Harrison.

The youngster made a strong impression in his first start for the Yorkshire giants in their League Cup win against Bolton Wanderers last week.

Hernandez has started the season well in a new right-flank role but he has not always travelled well in his two-and-a-bit seasons at Leeds, and the rapid turnover of fixtures could prove tough for a player who turned 33 in April.

Bielsa should bring in the speedier and more youthful Harrison and give him instructions to run at the Swansea backline, something the one-paced Hernandez cannot do quite as effectively.

Elsewhere, United should stick with the side that demolished Stoke City, Derby County and Rotherham in their three league games to date in performances that have made the rest of the division sit up and take notice.

Bielsa should resist the chance to rotate his starters, although he might have to do so against Norwich in four days’ time.

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