Luke Thomas

[5waller5]

I’m in full agreement with the criticism for his second half…. Am I alone in thinking he played well in the first 45?? 

[Dreadnought]

16 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

I can’t get over that foul he committed near the corner flag. 

He is constantly shoving players in the back. I'm convinced it is because he has such little football prowess that it is the first thing that comes into his head.

 

Either that or he has got one of his mates to put a bet on for him as to how many fouls he will commit. Wouldn't surprise me given the rumours about his gambling.

[Angus Scott]

4 hours ago, Rubbersoul said:

I can’t get over that foul he committed near the corner flag. 

Absolutely idiotic thing to do, I remember saying such at the time. It gave a free kick away in a dangerous position, we never really got the ball clear & it lead to a goal.

I just cannot stand watching him, he is truly awful

[Philkeavo]

Just now, Angus Scott said:

Absolutely idiotic thing to do, I remember saying such at the time. It gave a free kick away in a dangerous position, we never really got the ball clear & it lead to a goal.

I just cannot stand watching him, he is truly awful

I believe this was the moment that precipitated our total collapse last night. He cannot be trusted to do the basics like stand up his man. Needs dropping for good.

[Angus Scott]

2 minutes ago, Philkeavo said:

I believe this was the moment that precipitated our total collapse last night. He cannot be trusted to do the basics like stand up his man. Needs dropping for good.

Just think 3 more years, it's so depressing. Hopefully, if we ever get a decent manager, he will see how pathetic & weak he is & will try to get rid of him. Sadly we know no-one will buy him so I think we'll just keep sending him out on loan & probably having to foot his wages. 

[Ian Nacho]

I'd rather have Mavididi at left back. 

[J.Lisemore]

4 hours ago, LFEFox23 said:

Just not good enough, League one standard.

He’d get annihilated in League One too. No idea how he’s made it pro. 

[Rubbersoul]

His actual level is definitely below League One. There’s wingers in that league who would tear him apart. 

[EastAnglianFox]

Damn good pool player though, still plays on the team at his local using a different surname. Very rarely loses

[funkyrobot]

3 hours ago, 5waller5 said:

I’m in full agreement with the criticism for his second half…. Am I alone in thinking he played well in the first 45?? 

In the second half they continually targeted his side, a tactic they surprisingly didn’t do so much in the first half, despite how bad we know we are defensively on the left. In that first 45 Kingy got Thomas to bomb forward with Winks covering his position and that created an overload which tbf was really effective. Thomas had less defending to do and Fellows ended up trying to cover his attacks. As soon as Southampton switched it up and targeted our left and Thomas had to defend against some quality in Matsuki, he folded. Tbh he got absolutely ripped apart. He just hasn’t got anywhere near enough defensive quality at this level. VK has to be given the time in the first team now that Thomas has had. He’s not ideal but he’s better than Thomas. 

[lee7]

Extremely poor. 

 

I'm not sure what he actually brings to the side apart from an alright long throw.

[Chief Keef]

Always been better going forward than defending, makes a better Wing back than out and out fullback. 
 

We needed to bring Aluko and Kristensen on early in the second half. Thomas and Pereira simply cannot handle direct wingers running at them. 

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Chief Keef said:

Always been better going forward than defending, makes a better Wing back than out and out fullback. 
 

We needed to bring Aluko and Kristensen on early in the second half. Thomas and Pereira simply cannot handle direct wingers running at them. 

Not sure about that. He does occasionally deliver a decent cross and I can certainly see the merit in trying to station him further away from our goal, but one thing it's very difficult to do without as a wing back is athleticism - Thomas is slow, weak and looks permanently knackered. I don't think there is realistically a position or role we can deploy him in where he's not going to look totally shit unfortunately.

[Corky]

Ball over his head leads to a goal. Pointless shove in the back leads to a goal.

[kiddo]

Why does he keep pushing people over?
 

He used to do it occasionally, but now it’s 3 or 4 times a game, and then he just jogs off with his inane grin. 

[lcfc_forever]

Two reasons - weak in the head and weak in the body. He's one of the stupidest footballers, what was the need to give that free kick away? Remember also his handball vs Brighton. And his lack of physique means he holds onto the play to try to compete. 

Edited 12 February by lcfc_forever

[Paninistickers]

On 11/02/2026 at 13:22, J.Lisemore said:

He’d get annihilated in League One too. No idea how he’s made it pro. 

Quite a few posters have mentioned on this thread before now much luck is involved in football. I think Like Thomas is the strongest example ever. 

 

He was a nobody youth team player that got called up to a PL game courtesy of the seasonal Rodgers injury crisis. It happens all the time. 2,3 games never to be seen again. Released. Goes to Nuneaton, released, goes to Oadby. Fades away and retrains as an electrician..That was his destiny. 

 

But fate intervened. Jonny Evans coached him through to 10 games. Evans was a known talker/moaner on the pitch. He could probably talk me or you to a semblance of a decent game. 

 

All of a sudden, 10 games in he's part of the squad. And vaguely useful as a filler for the European squad homegrown rosta. 

 

He's up to 20 games..

 

And he's got a career. Pure happenstance and luck. They'll be youth team players who pissed all over him every training session currently working shifts at Amazon wondering what the hell happened 

 

 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

The weakest LB that I can remember, going back to Jocks days, Micky Whitlow would eat him alive. 

[Plastik Man]

On 11/02/2026 at 13:15, Angus Scott said:

Just think 3 more years, it's so depressing. Hopefully, if we ever get a decent manager, he will see how pathetic & weak he is & will try to get rid of him. Sadly we know no-one will buy him so I think we'll just keep sending him out on loan & probably having to foot his wages. 

3 and a half years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry.

[FLAN]

On 11/02/2026 at 09:17, Dreadnought said:

He is constantly shoving players in the back. I'm convinced it is because he has such little football prowess that it is the first thing that comes into his head.

 

Either that or he has got one of his mates to put a bet on for him as to how many fouls he will commit. Wouldn't surprise me given the rumours about his gambling.

Yet he keeps being selected. Weird 

[SafewayFox]

1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

Quite a few posters have mentioned on this thread before now much luck is involved in football. I think Like Thomas is the strongest example ever. 

 

He was a nobody youth team player that got called up to a PL game courtesy of the seasonal Rodgers injury crisis. It happens all the time. 2,3 games never to be seen again. Released. Goes to Nuneaton, released, goes to Oadby. Fades away and retrains as an electrician..That was his destiny. 

 

But fate intervened. Jonny Evans coached him through to 10 games. Evans was a known talker/moaner on the pitch. He could probably talk me or you to a semblance of a decent game. 

 

All of a sudden, 10 games in he's part of the squad. And vaguely useful as a filler for the European squad homegrown rosta. 

 

He's up to 20 games..

 

And he's got a career. Pure happenstance and luck. They'll be youth team players who pissed all over him every training session currently working shifts at Amazon wondering what the hell happened 

 

 

Great post mate.

 

To top it off, didn’t we prioritise Thomas as our “next LB” over Bassey?

 

Imagine seeing both and thinking that Thomas is the one with the greater potential 🤯

 

 

[SK3Blue]

How many times has he just switched off in games? The other week when he was the wrong side of the Charlton lad for their 2nd goal just highlights how much of a dimwit he is. 
 

As for his strength, when you are getting outmuscled by the lightweight Cov winger, it says it all. 
 

Worth a 4 year deal though for Rudkin, given to him to stop him joining Anstey Nomads. 

[mod hero]

On 11/02/2026 at 13:40, Chief Keef said:

Always been better going forward than defending, makes a better Wing back than out and out fullback. 
 

We needed to bring Aluko and Kristensen on early in the second half. Thomas and Pereira simply cannot handle direct wingers running at them. 

What are you talking about? Whenever he crosses the half way line he passes backwards

[J.Lisemore]

15 minutes ago, SK3Blue said:

How many times has he just switched off in games? The other week when he was the wrong side of the Charlton lad for their 2nd goal just highlights how much of a dimwit he is. 
 

As for his strength, when you are getting outmuscled by the lightweight Cov winger, it says it all. 
 

Worth a 4 year deal though for Rudkin, given to him to stop him joining Anstey Nomads. 

Nomads have just signed Jack Colback who funnily enough would do a better job at left back for us 

[Paninistickers]

4 hours ago, mod hero said:

What are you talking about? Whenever he crosses the half way line he passes backwards

That horrific angled inverted pass back to his centre half (who has to spend all game watching out for him and being available for that godforsaken pass)

 

Jonny Evans could do it. Vestergaard tries to but fails. A scandal that Ben Nelson, four years his junior has to.