Paninistickers

Just a hunch, but a little like Ward, he gives off the vibe of imposter syndrome. His presence on the pitch. You can smell the embarrassment. The fear. The 'i don't belong here' On a human level, even for Ward, I feel for them. It must do a lot of damage. It's well compensated, sure. But the self esteem issues must crush the soul.

...Which is why I'd be intrigued to see him line up for Shepshed or Barwell or Anstey Nomads. He just doesn't have any feature to set him apart from an amateur. There's some tough players at even senior league, level 9 sort of thing. , Most pros could dance around through speed alone. Or their touch sets them apart. Or their game intelligence is next level. I'm convinced if Thimas played at that level, he'd still struggle.

Tbf, bear in mind the power he was up against. 5ft 7 and 9 stone of pure, distilled far eastern power

Three things that are absolutely certain. Luke Thomas. Bob Reid. Jordan Ayew.

This is drivel. Another manager may come up with more than just the exact same team and exact same tactics ( that don't work ) every week. Another manager may look at the running stats.. Another manager could drop Thomas from the entire 25 man squad It's a moot point, as there is no way he's being sacked. The club are in a financial position that they need to save a grand or two on pies for the stewarding staff. The manager could take a slash on the Vichai statue after an 8-0 drubbing and he still wouldn't be sacked.

This wasn't the case though. Hamza was ropey to say the least. But... We won the game (somehow). He didn't directly cost us two goals.He's quick and fit. He's strong in the tackle And if you don't believe me, then ask Sheffield United fans who they would prefer back, Hamza or Luke.

Agree. And I feel bad for digging him out. The sad truth is, the club won't sack the manager. The manager seems unaware of how poor Thomas is. So, the fans have to point it out. We shouldn't have to. What a state of affairs.

You just can't respect a manager that selects Luke Thomas. For even a single game. Let alone repeatedly. I didn't like Maresca. But he at least recognised what any normal football person would see and took action; relegated Ward to ball boy. And essentially banned Thomas from the training ground (more or less after one session)

We all like being right. I called him in July 2020 (on here) after his second game. Obvs not in a nasty way, he was a kid. But it was as clear as a cloudless night he wasn't up to it. 5 years later, he's still a kid, had 150+ professional games, had years of elite coaching/conditioning and inexplicably he's the same..

It's no coincidence that we have the worst defence on the league.

Mate, there's zero chance he's sacked. Zero. Unless he pays his own salary

Thought by his standards he was pretty decent. Directly cost us one goal (and the game) and also created two big first half chances for them. A huge improvement.

The difference hard work makes, eh? Even to Thomas (error strewn, but at least he isn't passive today) and BdcR.

And run. Hamza can run and out in a shift. As can Daka. As can Page. If nothing else, those lads can run. Reid can't. Ayew can't. Thomas can't

Mate, if are happy play Luke Thomas and only 'probably' drop Bob Reid you need to find a new hobby

How on earth can you be worried about Stephy when Thomas and Bob Reid are playing?

The running stats destroyed as per. Ayew on his arse for 95 mins. Reid mincing about picking up daisies and strawberries in a floral dress. Thomas being mistaken for Stephen Hawkings

You have to winder if the manager is well. The very first three names on the team sheet are the very last three any sane person would select. It's disgusting. Deranged

You can imagine him being briefed of the etiquette around 'Top' addressing him as 'his wise and wonderful worshipfullness' / don't look him in the eye / to fall silent and bow as he walks past .... anyone even remotely normal would, as you say, run a mile..

Say the same every weekend What little enthusiasm I have for a second division, mid table side is totally extinguished when Thomas, BdcR and to a lesser extent Ayew all start. The only thing less than my enthusiasm are the running stats

he was booed onto the pitch - only to hear the hypocrisy of the same fans cheering his winning goal a few minutes later.. I think he was entitled to give a bit back..

I've crack handedly tried to make the point on this and other threads, me personally don't know if Faes is a bell end. I've never seen any evidence that he is. Plenty on here say you can read his body language or that you can see he 'blames others' or that he's arrogant or a bell end .. but, none of those is exactly a smoking gun. Honestly, to me, he seems a decent enough fella. I mean, I don't know that. That's just me reading his social cues, which obvs might be wildly wrong. We can agree his time at Leicester has been a disaster for all parties. I just think the club itself is as much to blame for that as Faes. Probably more so.

Nick Powell.

Reading that the Dept for Transport is investing in rail upgrades the north again, Manchester (of course) and moves to reopen the leamside line in the north east.. No word on the upgrades needed at Nuneaton for the Cov line and obvs no mention of the Ivanhoe (Incredible seeing as it's reopening is such as easy win. The line is already there FFS)

Largely agree. The vitriol directed at him,.gonna use some pop psychology here, says more about those criticising him than Faes. He's became a scapegoat and object of fans' personal frustrations