AFC Leopards head coach Patrick Aussems has hinted at throwing more youngsters into the deep end ahead of the 2022/23 FKF Premier League that commences in under a fortnight as per the FKF Transition Committee.With the team barred from signing players, Ingwe have had to rely on youngsters from their youth team for the last two years. The likes of Lewis Bandi, Brian Wanyama, Giovanni Lukhumwa, Zachary Njite, Erick Mbithe, and Maxwell Otieno have gone on to establish themselves in the first team and key for Ingwe.##NAJAVA_MECA_6614415##This off-season window, the team has been forced to go back to its youth team for players. Luckily, they will not have to elevate many players as they only lost John Makwata who moved to Botswana and Joachim Oluoch who exits after falling out with Aussems.On Sunday, Ingwe took on Ulinzi Stars in a friendly match. A number of youngsters from their youth side were introduced for the first time. They are Ronald Shichenje, Emmanuel Lwanga, and Nesta Olum, those who did not feature include Abubakar Mosha, Lauren James and Victor Otieno.The tactician appears impressed with the young lot and says some have shown great quality since they got elevated.“I played with young players who came in just one month ago from the youth team and some of them showed good quality, really good quality. I am going to play with young players if they deserve to play, I have no problem with that,” he stated.The tactician does not have a problem with throwing the youngsters on the deep end starting on match day one.OURS FOREVER pic.twitter.com/h9hCsFemPO— AFC Leopards (@AFCLeopards) September 5, 2022 “Young players need experience and I will give them experience like I did last season with Kayci (Odhiambo), with Brian (Wanyama) and all these young players they deserve a chance to play and it may happen even from the first game. We have two weeks to train and we will see what happens,” he added.Odera delights in league postponement
