Jesse Marsch believes Leeds United youngster Crysencio Summerville is in his 'best form' since the American's arrival at Elland Road. The Dutch youth international is in line to replace Luis Sinisterra in the Whites starting XI after the Colombian was shown a red card against Aston Villa for two bookable offences.
Leeds were forced to play just under 45 minutes with ten men after the summer signing was sent off against Villa last weekend and now the American head coach has a selection headache on who will take his place. Patrick Bamford came off the bench against Steven Gerrard's side last week with Rodrigo starting up front.
Marsch has toyed with the idea of starting Bamford and the Spaniard, whilst the form of Joe Gelhardt has also given him food for thought.
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"First of all, we feel like Crysencio Summerville is in his best form since I've been here," said Marsch. "So, he certainly becomes a factor from the start or off the bench.
"We've had moments where Patrick [Bamford] and Rodrigo have both been healthy, looked at both of them on the pitch together. Having Willy [Gnonto] here, we want to find ways to get him going and for me, Joffy [Gelhardt] made a fantastic point to his manager in the Tranmere game, that he should not be left out of the squad.
"I thought he played really well and he was very dangerous. Joffy will be a factor in this game as well. We still have some attacking prowess but we'll miss Luis [Sinisterra] that's the reality."
"There's a lot of these discussions," Marsch said when asked about starting one of the younger players. "Even when Coops was coming back, how do we use Diego [Llorente]? We still value him a lot. What we're doing with Luke [Ayling] and Rasmus [Kristensen] and there's a lot of competition within the squad.
"I think that's a healthy thing and I think the best part we have here is, I think the players manage it where they come and train hard every day and they try to make a point if they're not in the squad, or not in the line-up, that the manager has made a mistake, but they always do it in away that's respectful of the team and each other.
"I'm very thankful to have that kind of team and group. They're tough decisions but even if you're not in the 11, the most important thing is that you're ready to come in and make an impact off the bench.
"I think the best example of that has been Klichy. He hasn't had many starts this year but every time we've called on him off the bench I think he's been fantastic. We need that kind of mentality and that kind of group and we have that."
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