Luke Thomas

[Clarkey123]

Ultimately I blame marti for keep picking him. Doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result is the definition of madness.

 

Got to be at least 8-10 howlers from him leading to goals now. Any competent manager and you’re bombed from the squad. 

[Pliskin]

He needs to leave the club. He is done here, needs a completely new start to reinvent himself. 
 

Id approach Reading, and offer them a fee plus Thomas for Andre Garcia…… Thomas needs to drop a level to find his feet again in my opinion. 

[pmcla26]

Should have been sold summer 2024 after two unsuccessful loan spells at Sheffield United and Boro. Played for a contract and conned us last season. 
 

This season he’s been terrible. 
 

Another poor squad building error. We should have had Kristiansen as back up last season and bought a proper left back on promotion. 

[Sharpe's Fox]

Full backs on both sides are shafting us every week but this guys the worst of the lot.

[GLC]

[RoboFox]

I watched the highlights again out of curiosity and it was worse than I remember. What the **** is he trying to do? I’m embarrassed for him. 
 

Edited 19 January by RoboFox

[Stadt]

He’s here until 2029 defrauding us of probably £5,000,000 in wages, maybe more. Add in the bonuses, NI contribution, the unit cost of the nutritionists, masseuses, fitness, coaches, cleaners and so and it’s not worth thinking about.

 

The Vestergaard and Choudhury extensions were bad but this one is the absolute worst. Didn’t Hoffenheim bid for him at one stage? Should have negotiated them down to £500k just to make sure it happened 

[lcfc_forever]

25 minutes ago, Stadt said:

He’s here until 2029 defrauding us of probably £5,000,000 in wages, maybe more. Add in the bonuses, NI contribution, the unit cost of the nutritionists, masseuses, fitness, coaches, cleaners and so and it’s not worth thinking about.

 

The Vestergaard and Choudhury extensions were bad but this one is the absolute worst. Didn’t Hoffenheim bid for him at one stage? Should have negotiated them down to £500k just to make sure it happened 

Seen 5m being quoted, which is incorrect (don't get why so many fans exaggerate when the club's mistakes and ineptitude speak for themselves!).

 

It was 1.5m but we should still have taken the deal. 

[Leicester_Loyal]

3 hours ago, Soar Fox said:

This is one of the things Chilwell did during his time here. He went away in the summer bulked up and came back as an athletic modern day wingback back who had pace, strength and energy.

 

Thomas should have done similiar 5 years ago. Instead he’s still got the physique of a 10 year old schoolboy.

That would require some effort and not spending his free time down the pub.

[The Doctor]

 

thought I recognised that pose he was pulling.

[RoboFox]

On 18/01/2026 at 10:06, Pliskin said:

He needs to leave the club. He is done here, needs a completely new start to reinvent himself. 
 

Id approach Reading, and offer them a fee plus Thomas for Andre Garcia…… Thomas needs to drop a level to find his feet again in my opinion. 

Seems like at one point the club was trying to move him on, the problem is he's not good enough for anyone to take him on permanently. Both of his loan spells ended with him being binned off. 

 

Which makes turning down a bid for him from Hoffenheim and offering the bloke a new deal even more bizarre. I assume it's PSR-related in the hope that we'll eventually get a fee for him being an academy product. 

[MPH]

His problem is, he is not a leader.  But that’s ok. We should be having others leading. Yes he loses his way but that’s when the leading comes in, you get players, you calm them down and you reset their equilibrium.  With clear instructions and guidance, he’d do fine.
 

Trouble is, we don’t have  people doing the leading..

[boosmanana]

1 minute ago, MPH said:

His problem is, he is not a leader.  But that’s ok. We should be having others leading. Yes he loses his way but that’s when the leading comes in, you get players, you calm them down and you reset their equilibrium.  With clear instructions and guidance, he’d do fine.
 

Trouble is, we don’t have  people doing the leading..

Whilst this might be the case, I think the main problem is that he's shockingly shite and his physicality, or rather lack of is more suited to the WSL 

[LCFCJohn]

23 hours ago, lcfc_forever said:

Seen 5m being quoted, which is incorrect (don't get why so many fans exaggerate when the club's mistakes and ineptitude speak for themselves!).

 

It was 1.5m but we should still have taken the deal. 

I think in the context of the post you have quoted, £5mill refers to the wages over the extended contract. Not the bid from Hoffenheim.

 

How much do we think he is on? Even £40k per week over the additional 3 years (not including this season) is £6,240,000.

 

Truly a false economy. The question is, do we think a sensibly run club could have found a better player than Thomas in a lower league or abroad for the same outlay? Let’s say £3mill transfer fee and half the wages, £20k p/w. Easily yes. They’d have some of that saving left over. But our lazy board think wages don’t seem to count in PSR terms and that extending the contract of a player who is not performing is somehow better than actually scouting a replacement!

 

 

[Pliskin]

I’ve been thinking about this. Thomas has regressed so much under Marti, to the point he looks like a competition winner…. He looked steady under Rodgers, and even Ruud got him playing fairly well towards the latter parts of last season.

 

But, under Marti, he has simply vanished…. His regression is utterly startling…. And he isn’t really alone. Abdul has regressed, Stolarczyk has regressed, and I’d say Nelson hasn’t really progressed, but has looked steady. 
 

Thomas has never been an outstanding player, but he’s played with more success at a higher level, under different managers. Things the worst he’s ever been in my opinion. 
 

I blame Marti for this, he hasn’t improved any of the players, but he has certainly made them worse. 
 

It’s interesting how the”trouble makers” are now either gone, or isolated and going that there hasn’t been a similar scenario to Cooper with the players stabbing him in the back. 
 

But I don’t think he has the dressing room, o wouldn’t say he’s lost it, I just don’t think he’s ever had it, and I think there’s just an acceptance amongst the players that this is how it is for now, those who desperately want away are seeking those moves, whilst others will just happily bumble along claiming a nice wage. Then, there’s probably a small smattering of players who want to be here and are trying. 
 

We’re not a cohesive unit, we’re a gathering of individuals with their own agenda’s, and then we’ve got a manager who can’t bring it all together…. 

[Dmitry]

On 17/01/2026 at 14:03, Legend_in_blue said:

 

 

There are no words.

 

 

 

If you watch the video replay, it's even more pitiful. 8:14 marks the worst defender fail since Faes was benched. 

 

[Dmitry]

12 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

I’ve been thinking about this. Thomas has regressed so much under Marti, to the point he looks like a competition winner…. He looked steady under Rodgers, and even Ruud got him playing fairly well towards the latter parts of last season.

 

But, under Marti, he has simply vanished…. His regression is utterly startling…. And he isn’t really alone. Abdul has regressed, Stolarczyk has regressed, and I’d say Nelson hasn’t really progressed, but has looked steady. 
 

 

Nelson's fails led to both of Coventry's goals.

[Rubbersoul]

7 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

Nelson's fails led to both of Coventry's goals.

First goal he was too weak but not sure the second is on him 

[Pliskin]

6 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

Nelson's fails led to both of Coventry's goals.

He’s struggled in the last few weeks. But he hasn’t had enough of a run in the team to see an actual regression I don’t think, but he’s not improved. 
 

You’re not wrong, his mistakes led to goals, but the whole backline were poor… even for their first goal, Ricardo should have got out to Mason-Clark after that heavy first touch, probably could have shown him down the line, instead he allowed him to compose himself and get the ball across. 
 

Theres just no unity in the team at all, there’s flashes, but I would say that’s purely down to the individual talent clicking at times, I’m not crediting Marti and his tactics, because I simply don’t think he even has a handle on them. His system doesn’t work, and the players have become unfit, and has lost cohesion since his arrival.  

[LCFCJohn]

10 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

Nelson's fails led to both of Coventry's goals.

Not sure how you work this one out….

 

Contributed maybe.

 

Biggest culprit for the first goal, Ricardo. Nelson could have been stronger but the mistake had already happened.

 

Second goal, clearly Thomas (thought easily beaten down Ricardo’s side again). Unless you are referring to the defensive line and think he is responsible for playing them on. But again, damage very much done by Thomas.

 

Nelson particularly (more so than Okoli) didn’t have a great second half but the full backs were the main cause of those goals and both need replacing if we are to improve this defensive record.

[RoboFox]

18 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

If you watch the video replay, it's even more pitiful. 8:14 marks the worst defender fail since Faes was benched. 

 

I've seen people saying how "weak" he was here. IMO that isn't weakness because he doesn't actually get physically forced over. He's gone down of his own accord trying to get the ref to blow up for a foul. 

 

Imagine doing that in your own penalty box when there's only you between their attacker and the goal. 

 

Speaks volumes about the lack of football intelligence in the squad. 

[adejo92]

On 18/01/2026 at 10:04, Clarkey123 said:

Ultimately I blame marti for keep picking him. Doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result is the definition of madness.

 

Got to be at least 8-10 howlers from him leading to goals now. Any competent manager and you’re bombed from the squad. 

Same situation as Justin in that Premier league relegation season.

 

Teams just targeting him with success every game.

 

Forgot how many points people calculated he cost us, but it was enough to be a leading factor to our relegation. 

 

Again, like you say, who keeps picking them week in week out...theres got to be a LB in the youth set up that's better.  You could probably look as far down as the u8's to her someone with comparable strength and co ordination.

[SB87_LCFC]

40 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

He’s struggled in the last few weeks. But he hasn’t had enough of a run in the team to see an actual regression I don’t think, but he’s not improved. 
 

You’re not wrong, his mistakes led to goals, but the whole backline were poor… even for their first goal, Ricardo should have got out to Mason-Clark after that heavy first touch, probably could have shown him down the line, instead he allowed him to compose himself and get the ball across. 
 

Theres just no unity in the team at all, there’s flashes, but I would say that’s purely down to the individual talent clicking at times, I’m not crediting Marti and his tactics, because I simply don’t think he even has a handle on them. His system doesn’t work, and the players have become unfit, and has lost cohesion since his arrival.  

I have noticed Ricardo's positioning in the last few games is quite narrow, is this a managerial choice? He was literally playing as a 3rd CB when Karlan Grant scored for WBA the other week at the KP - Ricardo has always been fairly good positionally.

 

We had all the momentum going into half time, we needed a second before the break to ease the nerves, were a team starved of confidence at the minute, which comes from a multitude of things in my opinion, not just the managers lack of stature and these so called ''senior players'' throwing their dummies out.

 

It does make for a grim watch, but as the old saying goes.....keep the faith 

Edited 19 January by SB87_LCFC

[pmcla26]

28 minutes ago, adejo92 said:

Same situation as Justin in that Premier league relegation season.

 

Teams just targeting him with success every game.

 

Forgot how many points people calculated he cost us, but it was enough to be a leading factor to our relegation. 

 

Again, like you say, who keeps picking them week in week out...theres got to be a LB in the youth set up that's better.  You could probably look as far down as the u8's to her someone with comparable strength and co ordination.

Difference with Justin was he was told

to bomb on under both managers and then got overloaded down his side consistently on the counter. 

 

Thomas is just poor, even with Mavididi working back tracking his runner we still get exposed because Thomas will be out of position or lose his individual 1v1 duel. 

[FOXSE]

1 hour ago, Dmitry said:

If you watch the video replay, it's even more pitiful. 8:14 marks the worst defender fail since Faes was benched.