If there were any doubts swilling around Joe Gelhardt’s mind about how he wanted to spend the rest of this season, they were answered at Elland Road last night. The striker’s Leeds United minutes were already proving limited when Jesse Marsch was playing with four attackers and his teammates were struggling for form.
How much does he expect to play when the system now only has three forwards? Or when Rodrigo’s scored 12 in 20, Crysencio Summerville’s notched in four on the bounce and Wilfried Gnonto’s hitting goal-of-the-century contenders?
The club-record purchase of Georginio Rutter was another obstacle between Gelhardt and the pitch even before Patrick Bamford then turned up with three goals in two games from the bench. The writing’s on the wall for the 20-year-old and it will do him no harm at all to play every week in the Championship.
