Jinking through for a penalty against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Running off Thiago Silva to slide in at Stamford Bridge. The flick, finish and pandemonium against Norwich City. Opening the bag of magic for Pascal Struijk at the back post.
Joe Gelhardt’s pockets of influence at Leeds United in 21/22 can be easily forgotten in the depressing fog of what’s come since. The 21-year-old’s loan to Sunderland put him out of sight and out of mind, but relegation should open the door for him once again in West Yorkshire.
In the controlled, sterile editing suite of his summer coaches’ laptops, training videos of Gelhardt in isolation will never show the whole story, but they certainly whet the appetite for what may be ahead. If nothing else, the whipped balls into a top corner are a neat reminder of the talent Leeds recruited from Wigan Athletic in 2020.
