Daniel Wales and Lee Sobot preview Leeds United vs. Harrogate Town in the FA Cup.
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00:00It was a game that was played in pre-season, not, I think, probably thinking that this
00:05is not going to be a game that's actually going to get played as a competitive fixture
00:09as these things often are, because you think, okay, Leeds can play Harrogate pre-season,
00:13fair enough.
00:14Local, it's convenient for both clubs and realistically, they're not going to be rivals
00:18in a competitive fixture.
00:20And yet here we are, Leeds hosting Harrogate, of course it was Harrogate hosting Leeds in
00:25the summer.
00:27I mean, it should be a formality.
00:30You'd expect Leeds to rotate and make changes, but overall, they should have too much.
00:37I say this with a little bit of a tempered, you know, just caution a little bit just because
00:43this is the FA Cup and we all know what can happen, but realistically, they should be
00:46fine, shouldn't they?
00:47Well, they should be fine.
00:49I always like throwing you my odds for these ones when you might not have seen them before.
00:52Yes, what are they?
00:55How can I interest you in 29-1 for Harrogate Town?
00:58Wow.
00:59I mean, that is, you know, I remember with the draw, it's funny, obviously, because I
01:02live in Harrogate and I had many years covering Harrogate Town at the Harrogate Advertiser
01:05and great years covering the team and it's fantastic how they've done to get themselves
01:10up to League Two.
01:12The thing everybody will say with this, well, I don't know, it's a bit different, I suppose.
01:15The thing everybody will say with this is that the League matters more and of course
01:17it does.
01:18Obviously, Leeds United getting promoted to the Premier League is the only thing that
01:20matters this season.
01:21With Harrogate Town, the main thing that matters is staying in League Two, you know, because
01:24obviously only two teams go up from the National League and they work very, very hard to get
01:28to this position.
01:29And, you know, the main thing is just stay where they are and obviously it's getting
01:32quite tight for them as well.
01:33I think that, like, while they're fifth bottom, they're 21st at the minute, fourth bottom,
01:36so they had a good win at Barrow at the weekend and stuff and, you know, that's the main thing.
01:40But, yeah, I remember when the draw came out and obviously, you know, having close connections
01:44to both teams and obviously Harrogate Town doing very well to get to the third round.
01:47I sort of said to a few people, I wonder if it'll be Leeds v Harrogate Town and of course
01:50that's what we got.
01:51And it is quite amazing, really.
01:53First ever competitive meeting between the two teams, which is not a surprise, really.
01:57But I don't think even I expected it to be quite that disparity in the odds.
02:01I mean, like, as I say, nearly 30 to 1 for Harrogate Town and 1 to 10 for Leeds.
02:06I mean, it's absolutely massive.
02:08But I mean, you can see why.
02:09I mean, the 67 places, I think it is between the two teams, it should just be a huge, huge
02:13golfing class.
02:14That said, there's no doubt about it that obviously Harrogate Town's big day out and,
02:19you know, they'll try and pull off a shock, obviously, and stuff, whereas Leeds will obviously
02:22make, you know, I mean, I don't know how many changes Daniel Farquhar will make, but it'll
02:25be a lot.
02:26You know, I don't think he'll quite make 11.
02:27He might do, but I think it'll be a lot.
02:29It's certainly been more than half a team.
02:32That said, they do have a week off afterwards again.
02:34It's not like they're playing Harrogate Town and they play again midweek.
02:37So I mean, there is a full week to sort of, like, you know, recuperate after that.
02:39So it might be a bit of a balancing act and stuff.
02:41But yeah, I mean, like, look, I mean, it should be should be an absolute formality, realistically.
02:45But I don't think it'll be like an absolute hammering.
02:47I mean, I don't think it's because I think, obviously, you know, Harrogate Town will be
02:51going for it and stuff and it'll be a fantastic atmosphere.
02:54You'll have the Leeds changes to factor in as well.
02:56You'll have the fact it's the FA Cup as well.