A flying start from the youngster at LUFC.
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00:00 Another player, Archie Gray, right back, obviously, you know, really, really impressive so far as well.
00:06 What's next for him and what are your thoughts on him as well?
00:08 Well, who knows where he'll pop up next? I mean, you know, he sort of comes to the team as a centre midfielder and,
00:13 you know, he's done well just to even like come into the side and, you know, take to it like a duck to water like he has.
00:18 And all of a sudden he pops up at right back for the last game before the international break and not just pop up at right back,
00:23 he had an absolute blinder there as well, playing against a very, very good player down that flank.
00:28 He's an incredible talent, really, obviously still only 17 years old.
00:31 What's next for him, obviously, is England and England youth duty with the 19s over the international break.
00:36 Daniel Farker said he's put in his post-match press conference after the win before the international break that he'd like to just wrap him up in cotton wool,
00:42 which I can understand that because, you know, you want to keep him to yourself and make sure that he stays fit.
00:46 And, you know, he's that important already. But obviously, you know, he's got international aspirations, so he'll go off and, you know, he's the sort of like,
00:52 you don't want to say too much about a player like that, like, oh, he's going to do this, he's going to do that.
00:55 And he's going to, I mean, it's pretty obvious with Archie that he's got such a massive career ahead of him.
00:59 I mean, you only have to look at what he's doing now at 17 years of age.
01:02 So, and as much as I think we've said before, you want to look after a young player like that and give him sort of like gradual introduction.
01:08 I think like even now, like he's, he almost is becoming one of the first names on the team sheet, you know?
01:13 I mean, it's difficult in terms of like, obviously, you know, you had Glenn Kamara coming into the side as he played at right back and he did very well in midfield.
01:21 Kamara, so can you afford to leave Kamara out?
01:23 I mean, he showed at the weekend that you can have Kamara and Ampadu and Gray as well.
01:28 So, I mean, look, I don't think he'll end up being a right back in the rest of his career.
01:32 I think he's going to be a midfielder and that's what he is.
01:34 And he's, you know, he's an incredibly good midfielder.
01:36 He's one that's got facets going back in both ways, you know, defensively and attackingly.
01:40 But if needs be, he can quite clearly not just feel in at right back, but play very well at right back.
01:45 We dare say he'll be able to play other positions too.
01:46 But yeah, Leeds have got a seriously, seriously talented player on their hands there.
01:51 And, you know, one that's quite clearly destined for top flight football.
01:55 And I've just got to make sure that's with Leeds.
01:56 And so, you know, in order for that to happen, you just need to get up as soon as possible.