Luke Thomas

[Chocolate Teapot]

Just now, Simonb said:

Rodgers did him a favour today.. Genuinely thought he'd start.. But Rodgers clearly weren't confident yet and to stick him against salah would've been a tough game so early in his development 

 

Lads gonna be a great player eventually 

Yep and he'll start on Thursday. He's still 20 and way way ahead of schedule. Physically he does need to develop but he's a bloody lovely footballer.

[tom27111]

Been superb so far today.

 

The block he made was where we've been caught out before with full backs being caught out of position and not covering.

 

Offers a genuine threat going forward too, does the simple things well and links up wonderfully with Barnes.

 

Definitely my favourite player from Syston, in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire. 

Edited 21 February 2021 by tom27111

[KFS]

So good

[baldeagle]

So calm for a young lad makes  no fuss just gets on with it  

[Shane]

Love his partnership with Barnes! Hopefully they will get a consistent run of games together

[Ric Flair]

He's got it all except exceptional pace but he's hardly slow and is very composed on the ball, I live watching him. Could be yet another England player in the making.

[Webbo]

Getting a lot of praise from Curbishley and Sherwood at half time. 

[Leicester_Loyal]

We've done it again haven't we, another player sold for profit then we buy/produce one that's even better.

 

 

'They've done it again!'

[moore_94]

Man of the Match for me, kid was brilliant

[Corky]

He's going to play a lot in the next few years- if he develops it allows us to play Ricardo and Castagne together which is huge.

[tom27111]

Another bit of great defending at the far post to block off Traore in the second half.

 

He's a solid defender and can get so much better.

 

I'd like to see him be a bit more adventurous at times, but it seems like he knows his place in the hierarchy at the minute and will play the simple ball to a more senior player.

 

Bags of potential. 

[tom27111]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

Man of the Match for me, kid was brilliant

I'd second that

[smitha]

Fair play to the kid thought he might struggle today but he was outstanding what full backs we have at the club MOTM for me.

[Chocolate Teapot]

Serious serious talent this boy, he's only 19 as well. I thought he was 20. He's so composed on the ball and showed a really different side to his game today.

[Ric Flair]

Whatever happens in regard to that Vontae Daley-Campbell tattoo, I'm definitely having one of Luke Thomas's dad. What a man producing this young superstar. 

 

 

[Ric Flair]

Defensively he is so switched on, I think Southgate's job has just been made a lot easier. Pick Thomas and Barnes and win the Euros.

[eblair]

not a chilwell hater, but that combo with barnes was better than the entire time he played with chilly

[StriderHiryu]

Brilliant display today, the Thomas / Barnes link-up play was everything that Chilwell / Barnes was not.

 

He gets a lot of respect from me for the defensive side of his game, he had a brilliant block on Traore where he was up against a player with much more impressive physicality and dealt with the situation fantastically.

 

Over the next few years the club will work on his physical development; look at how barrel-chested Harvey Barnes is these days as an example, they spent a long time making him lift weights to build up that upper body strength. Once Thomas puts on some real muscle he will be a very good player indeed. He's for me a lot better than Chilwell at the same age, and Chilwell was pretty good!

 

 

Edited 21 February 2021 by StriderHiryu

[surrifox]

He recovered well from McGinn’s assassination attempt early in the game 

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

MOTM for me. Excellent vision and energy. 

[SemperEadem]

Did very well today.

[baldeagle]

Fantastic game I  mentioned in the match thread I liked how Kasper didn’t give him a rollicking  for giving  him a bad back pass good captaincy on Kaspers behalf  knows he’s young and will make an odd error doesn’t slate him for it 

[Stopper]

Does very little wrong.  Good in defence yet able to support going forward, mature and a great addition to the squad.

[wokinghamfox]

Mature performance from the lad today. Needs to improve his physical presence but that will come. MOM today

[fox_favourite]

Was excellent today. Defended very well and was good in possession