Graham Smyth and Joe Donnohue discuss whether Daniel Farke will drop Leeds' first-choice goalkeeper Illan Meslier following a string of errors.
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00:00What would you do with Ilhan Melihe going forward?
00:08Because Daniel Farkas said today, yes, he criticised him, but then he went on a lengthy
00:14defence of him, which he has to do to an extent, because it's his goalkeeper that he stood
00:18by. And I completely understand that. And to an extent, I do support that. You know,
00:23you have to stand by your players, particularly the younger ones, even though that, you know,
00:27Melihe is very experienced for his age. What do you do with Melihe? Because you've got
00:32the firebreak of the FA Cup this weekend, which Darla was always going to play in. But
00:39then you've got Sheffield Wednesday the following Sunday. And then you've got Burnley, I think,
00:44eight days later at Turf Moor. It's a very big decision, whatever Farka decides to do
00:51in the goalkeeping position.
00:52Yes, it is. I wasn't surprised that Farka defended Melihe. I was surprised that he went
01:03on such an impassioned defence. I maybe would have hoped for something a little bit stronger
01:12in terms of Ilhan's really got to deliver now in training, and he's really got to show
01:17that he's responded to it. I want to see a response. You know, he told us that Karl
01:21Darlow will play in the FA Cup, but that was always the plan. He was very clear on
01:24that. It's not a reaction to the mistakes. Darlow was always going to play in this game.
01:29It takes Melihe out of the firing line. I would maybe have liked something along the
01:33lines of, you know, it's Karl's chance to shine, and then they will compete in training
01:39as they do every week to see who the number one is or to see who gets the nod for Sheffield
01:44Wednesday. But it was almost a, don't worry, Ilhan, you're my number one. You'll be back
01:50in for Sheffield Wednesday. That's how it came across to me without so many words.
01:55That's what I felt Farka said, and I don't know that that's healthy in any position
01:58in the team. I don't think he'd say that for any other position in the team.