Is Illan Meslier still Leeds United's No. 1?

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.