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Inside Elland Road Podcast | Farke gets it wrong with Aaronson defence but right with Gray stance

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00:00I am gravely worried about the lack of goals

00:02and it is making me feel a little bit uneasy

00:05about my predicting survival at the minute

00:07because it's hard to see.

00:09It's really hard to see where the goals are coming from.

00:13Well, how about we throw in a name that was mentioned to him?

00:18Harry Gray, Bagda Hatrick.

00:20Obviously, we're seeing 15-year-olds

00:23making their debuts in the Premier League.

00:26There's countless examples across Europe,

00:28a player 16-17 coming in.

00:31There was obviously a bit of a clamour for him to be started

00:35and Farker did address that.

00:38Yes, he did.

00:41His answer was kind of to say,

00:43I think I know a little bit about bringing youngsters through

00:46and look at my record,

00:48which you could see,

00:51certainly in the past, the examples he gave were good.

00:55There may be some other examples at Leeds

00:58where, yes, he played Archie Gray,

01:01but how could you not?

01:03He was absolutely sensational

01:05and he proved to be sensational.

01:09Maybe another couple of examples

01:10where people's opportunities

01:12maybe haven't quite arisen.

01:14Charlie Creswell,

01:17I know there's still people

01:18that think Farker was right on that

01:20and there's people that think

01:21that his situation was mismanaged.

01:24Matteo Joseph,

01:25there's maybe a question mark there

01:27over how that was managed

01:29across the course of last season.

01:30When it comes to Harry Gray, though,

01:32I think I agree with Farker

01:34and I think the reason I agree with Farker

01:36is it would be very easy

01:38for a manager under pressure

01:40to get goals

01:41to chuck in a 16-year-old

01:44as the answer

01:46and make that the story.

01:50And almost,

01:52there's a couple of facets to it.

01:53You'd be saying to the board,

01:54look what you've left me with.

01:56You've left me trying to get goals

01:57out of a 16-year-old

01:58or you'd be making the 16-year-old the story.

02:01I don't think I would be comfortable with that.

02:03Unless he's absolutely banging them in

02:05and training, right?

02:06And he's putting Rodon

02:08and Stroik on their arses

02:09and slotting them past

02:11Darlow and Mellier.

02:14Unless he's doing that with frequency,

02:16then he can't really start

02:17in the Premier League,

02:18you know,

02:18because scoring a hat-trick

02:20against National League

02:22Scunthorpe's second string

02:24is just one more step

02:26in his development.

02:27It's not the suggestion

02:28that he's now ready for men's football

02:29because the difference in level,

02:32the difference in level

02:33between Championship

02:35and Premier League

02:36is vast.

02:37The difference between

02:38National League,

02:39second string

02:39and Premier League

02:40is they're different sports

02:42entirely.

02:43And yes,

02:44Scunthorpe had very,

02:46very experienced,

02:47battle-hardened

02:48kind of lower league,

02:50National League defenders.

02:51So he wasn't playing against kids,

02:52he was playing against men.

02:54For me,

02:55that's just the next step

02:56in his progression,

02:57you know,

02:57to be able to,

02:58and for him,

02:59it's great for his confidence.

03:00You know,

03:00I played against a men's team

03:01and scored goals,

03:02scored three of them.

03:03It doesn't say he's ready

03:05for Premier League

03:06at all.

03:09So you almost have to

03:11bow to the manager

03:11in this case.

03:12If you get to a point

03:13where none of the centre-forwards

03:15are scoring

03:16and,

03:18you know,

03:19Leeds absolutely need

03:20to do anything

03:20and try anything

03:21and pull every single lever

03:22to try and score a goal

03:23and stay in this league,

03:24then maybe,

03:25you know,

03:25you turn into a 16-year-old.

03:27But I just think

03:28there's real dangers in it.

03:30There's a danger

03:31that you put in a kid,

03:33he's not ready,

03:34he has a shocker

03:35and he goes under,

03:37you know,

03:38that his confidence goes.

03:41I think you could do

03:41real damage

03:42to a young player.

03:4416 is very,

03:45very,

03:45very young

03:45to be playing

03:47in the Premier League

03:47against,

03:48you know,

03:50giant men,

03:52physical specimens,

03:53elite athletes

03:54who've been defending

03:55for as long

03:57as he's been

03:58on the planet.

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