Leeds United Supporters' Trust: Youth talent gives us reasons to be optimistic about the future

By The Board of the Leeds United Supporters#0027 Trust
Published 30th Oct 2021, 11:45 BST
Updated 30th Oct 2021, 12:08 BST
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The league cup dream may be over but despite the result, the performance of some of our young players is definitely something to celebrate and bodes well for the club’s future.

The cup has really never suited us under Bielsa, despite all the success we’ve had since the Argentine arrived the League and FA cup have both consistently proven to be a thorn in the side.

This week, we had our EFL Cup run cut short by Arsenal at the Emirates.

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Despite the result, there were some bright sparks in the game as some of our young prospects got a chance to shine.

Cause for optimism: Cody Drameh made his debut against the Gunners. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.Cause for optimism: Cody Drameh made his debut against the Gunners. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.
Cause for optimism: Cody Drameh made his debut against the Gunners. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.

Cody Drameh in particular was given the opportunity to make his debut starting at right back, and put in a solid performance.

Sam Greenwood, Crysencio Summerville and Joe Gelhardt also featured as with the injuries to our squad opportunities have begun to emerge for our youngsters who are looking to make the big step up to the first team.

Following on from the huge impact Gelhardt made after coming off the bench at the weekend, it’s clear that there’s plenty of reasons to be optimistic about our current crop of young players.