Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch says a long FA Cup run can lift their season.

Marsch has hinted that he will name a side strong enough for the challenge at hand against Cardiff today.

"We believe that a cup run can give us momentum. We believe that and even when we chose to play the line-up that we did against Wolves, it wasn't that we were throwing in the towel," Marsch said.

"Given where we were at that moment we felt that to give ourselves the best chance in that tournament, as well as against Tottenham, that was what was necessary. If we would have beaten Tottenham when we were up on them late in the match, even losing to Wolves, I would have thought that we got a lot out of Wolves because we played pretty well.

"We we're a little bit unlucky to lose that match and then we would have beat Tottenham, but it didn't work out that way. But the strategy for this match is certainly with enough break in between to get as many guys prepared to play as possible and then to make sure we have a team that will go after it in every way."

Marsch has hinted that he will name a side strong enough for the challenge at hand against Cardiff this weekend.

"We believe that a cup run can give us momentum. We believe that and even when we chose to play the line-up that we did against Wolves, it wasn't that we were throwing in the towel," Marsch said.

"Given where we were at that moment we felt that to give ourselves the best chance in that tournament, as well as against Tottenham, that was what was necessary. If we would have beaten Tottenham when we were up on them late in the match, even losing to Wolves, I would have thought that we got a lot out of Wolves because we played pretty well.

"We we're a little bit unlucky to lose that match and then we would have beat Tottenham, but it didn't work out that way. But the strategy for this match is certainly with enough break in between to get as many guys prepared to play as possible and then to make sure we have a team that will go after it in every way."