Luke Thomas

[Iran]

Liability.

Edited 13 February by Iran

[honeybradger]

13 hours 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 

 

 

In terms of how he performed at youth level I think this was right, he was always a bit shaky and the game before he was promoted to the first team i am pretty sure he played an opposition player in to goal with a missplaced pass.

 

Let's not downplay the fact that Thomas did take his opportunity at the time. At the start he played well, not just at defending but going forward, i remember him linking up very well with Barnes at Napoli, scoring against Man United etc. Similar to someone like Mcateer who scored regularly at the start of the 2023/24 season but was unable to maintain his form.

 

That's why I think fans put too much emphasis on young players "taking their opportunity". Silko Thomas took his opportunity in pre season and has played semi regularly for us, but i would back more talented players like Evans or Alves who havent necessarily forced their way into the team to maintain good performances once they have settled in and found their form.

[PSR Fox]

Luke Thomas is beyond shocking . You can see it now every team target that left hand side . 

He can't tackle all he does is push people over.

 

But who else do we have because Kristensen is not much better , slower but has more height & is better on the ball. 

[deejdeej]

1 hour ago, PSR Fox said:

Luke Thomas is beyond shocking . You can see it now every team target that left hand side . 

He can't tackle all he does is push people over.

 

But who else do we have because Kristensen is not much better , slower but has more height & is better on the ball. 

Every time either of them play i always think to myself id rather have the other playing. Then you realise how shit both of them are. Its a painful cycle

[Long Eaton Fox]

18 minutes ago, deejdeej said:

Every time either of them play i always think to myself id rather have the other playing. Then you realise how shit both of them are. Its a painful cycle

.That's true with many of the team

[Paninistickers]

3 hours ago, honeybradger said:

Thomas did take his opportunity at the time. At the start he played well, not just at defending but going forward,

Well, I am incredibly dull and traced my comments back to 20 July 2020 first calling him out. Not nastily, as he was a kid thrown into the team, but it was along the lines of 'we cannot possibly continue to play him' 

 

So, his start couldn't have been that good 

[when_you're_smiling]

1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

Well, I am incredibly dull and traced my comments back to 20 July 2020 first calling him out. Not nastily, as he was a kid thrown into the team, but it was along the lines of 'we cannot possibly continue to play him' 

 

So, his start couldn't have been that good 

He was being touted for an England cap at one point.

[TamuffFox]

3 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

He was being touted for an England cap at one point.

Ironically....by the Panini sticker album....

[adejo92]

4 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

He was being touted for an England cap at one point.

Paralympics?

[honeybradger]

2 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

Well, I am incredibly dull and traced my comments back to 20 July 2020 first calling him out. Not nastily, as he was a kid thrown into the team, but it was along the lines of 'we cannot possibly continue to play him' 

 

So, his start couldn't have been that good 

At the time I also said we couldnt go into next season with him as our only left footed left back (mostly in reaction to us signing Castagne) but that doesnt mean didnt think he had shown promise for his age. The best games he's had in a leicester shirt came in 2020/2021 as well (Napoli, Man United).

 

He just hasnt progressed past that point sadly.

Edited 13 February by honeybradger

[john ridley]

19 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

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

Andy Freely wouldn't take prisoners either

[VLC86]

2 hours ago, adejo92 said:

Paralympics?

Based purely on his IQ.

[funkyrobot]

3 hours ago, when_you're_smiling said:

He was being touted for an England cap at one point.

His best form by far was when he played in empty stadiums during lockdown and even then he was judged more generously as all young players are. He’s never been that great and I agree he’s been very lucky throughout his career. His most recent contract renewal with his wage doubling, despite consistent failure here and on loan is the latest example of this remarkable ‘luck.’

[joeybside]

3 hours ago, john ridley said:

Andy Freely wouldn't take prisoners either

Ended up as one tho

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

21 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

His best form by far was when he played in empty stadiums during lockdown and even then he was judged more generously as all young players are. He’s never been that great and I agree he’s been very lucky throughout his career. His most recent contract renewal with his wage doubling, despite consistent failure here and on loan is the latest example of this remarkable ‘luck.’

Hang on, his wage doubled? Surely not 

[Leicester_Loyal]

Down the pub again last night 

[Bozman]

He wouldn't get in the Mansfield team, he is at best league 2 level and not sure he is physically strong enough for that, he's done wonderfully well to be a professional footballer..  

[FoxesTez]

6 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Down the pub again last night 

Keeps that place in business. 

[BillyFOX12]

League One is around his level tbh

[Soar Fox]

€5 million euros we turned down for this lad just over a year ago. 

[sdb]

44 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Down the pub again last night 

Does no one ever call him out on it?

[Rubbersoul]

11 minutes ago, Soar Fox said:

€5 million euros we turned down for this lad just over a year ago. 

Hoffenheim wasn’t it? 
 

Rudders probably thought we could get 20m for him 

[old koppite]

45 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Down the pub again last night 

Blimey. 

I remember when Wenger came into English football and revolutionised attitudes, diet, lifestyles etc.  Like many, I scoffed at the time and thought he was a crackpot. Of course, he was right.
Why doesn’t LTs agent or family, or AK,  have a little word? 
 

[JimJams]

53 minutes ago, sdb said:

Does no one ever call him out on it?

To be fair, if I were called out for being shit at my job whilst I was down the pub I'd kindly tell you to get fxxked.

[Leicester_Loyal]

57 minutes ago, sdb said:

Does no one ever call him out on it?

Couple lads say things to him. Most of them laud him and ask for pictures, absolutely sickening.

 

The lad does't give two shits about this club, it's mental.