Jesse Marsch was more than happy to see Joe Gelhardt make a point to him this week while in action with Leeds United Under-21s. Despite appearing on the pitch before kick-off, Gelhardt was overlooked for selection against Aston Villa last weekend with Marsch favouring new signing Wilfried Gnonto for a spot on the Whites' bench.
As such, the youngster was used in Michael Skubala’s U21s and he bagged two of Leeds’ five goals in the Papa John’s Trophy win over Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park on Tuesday night. It was a performance that sent a very clear message to the head coach and Marsch was delighted to receive it as he watched on.
His showing in Merseyside seems to have been enough to catapult him back into first-team contention this weekend as Leeds travel to Crystal Palace and Marsch has confirmed he is in his thoughts.
