Luke Thomas

[STUHILL]

I would like to see some more crossing from him and ability to beat a man, as that's what the best fullbacks often offer. At 19 though, he is looking very special. Can't wait to see him and Harvey linking up again as that is some of the best stuff I have seen from him 

[sacreblueits442]

35 minutes ago, KFS said:

Just watched that goal back again. Absolute corker. You can tell he’s really focused on picking his spot. Made up for him.

....his shout to Vardy his technique and the composure to not go with power in that situation!!!

  Taking the pace off the shot is the biggest thing, Barnes is a player who chooses power because he does not have the belief in himself. If he has this composure now it is a great sign for his eventual development. 

  Pushing forward and turning to play backwards is something that Chilwell did and is an area I felt he should have worked on, he makes better decisions in that scenario now as he now attacks the box.

  What we do not want is for Thomas to fall into that negative aspect of play and look to attack the box, while he has gone so far up the pitch, he has got to be confident that he has cover and seek to add a threat in that position. 

[cruzFOX]

Wicked goal! 🙌🏾

[OrielCaziado]

The young lad has just scored a vital goal at Old Trafford for his own town club and it’s not on his own in his back garden like the 100s I scored growing up. It’s for real !  Jammy bugger. 

[Ric Flair]

Amusing to see those prats at Rising Ballers refuse to mention him again but filling their knickers at the front 3 Man Utd fielded yesterday.

[Facecloth]

11 hours ago, Bptiger said:

Really I stand by my comments , he has been poor going forward and yes it since Barnes stopped playing , but why play him if all his job is to play backwards , he is a find player just saying we need to go forward to win games and since Barnes got hurt he has been poor . 

I bet you're the kind of fan who sits there and everytime a player plays the ball backwards or sideways to keep ball moving you moan, but then when they play it forward when there's no ball on and it gets intercepted or gets played into space, you call them useless for losing the ball.

Edited 12 May 2021 by Facecloth

[Jimbo]

Not enough noise about just how good his goal was last night.

 

For your first premier league goal, that is a very, very good finish. 

[mozartfox]

I wonder now if there are still people on here wanting to ship him out on loan?

[daddylonglegs]

Our ability to sell our 'best' (The media's interpretation, not ours) assets season after season, and replace them with ready made, better players is absolutely unbelievable. 

 

This guy is the real deal with the ball at his feet. He's still a teenager so definitely got some sharpening up to do defensively, but he's so clever - I bet Brendan loves him. 

 

So happy for him. Scoring for your boyhood club at Old Trafford and having the club's greatest player run over to you to celebrate with you, after shouting at him to leave it! Stuff dreams are made of. 

[Hales]

So pleased for him and you could see how much that meant to him. Well done Luke!

Edited 12 May 2021 by Hales

[Fox92]

Superb finish, a goal that deserved fans to be in there. Imagine scoring your first league goal in front of the Stretford End. 

[Finnegan]

8 hours ago, TJB-fox said:

In my lifetime I don’t think I’ve ever seen a young lad come through our academy that I rate so highly. Even in recent years I’ve rated Barnes (especially) and Chilwell obviously but there’s something I just really like about Thomas. Maybe it’s his aptitude or style of play, I can’t quite put my finger on it. I think this boy could be absolutely brilliant. 

 

I did him a bit dirty towards the start of the season tbh, first few glimpses of him it looked like he was lacking a bit of mobility in a way that could really hinder a modern full back. 

 

Definitely happy to put my hand up and retract that. I mean, he's not as quick as Chilwell but he makes up for it with vastly better football intelligence. 

 

He's actually where he's supposed to be a lot more. For all his pace, Chilwell spends so much time daydreaming in defence that his opposition usually has the freedom of his flank to drift behind him or inside. I can remember a few times this season watching our CBs be all at sea and seeing Thomas pop up around the penalty spot to get a block in. I'd say his awareness and positioning are probably better than JJ as well really. 

 

He's also got much better talent with the ball at his feet than BC  has. Better touch, better passing, better at spotting a pass as well. That and crossing not far off Sharky. 

 

Definitely rate him more highly than I did Chilwell after the same number of games. I know it's popular to rag on our players who have departed but I was never all that impressed with Chilwell when he was here either, for all of his lung busting athleticism he just had too many glaring weaknesses at both end of the pitch. It's hard to spot the same flaws in Thomas.

 

Edited 12 May 2021 by Finnegan

[Gerard]

1 hour ago, Jimbo said:

Not enough noise about just how good his goal was last night.

 

For your first premier league goal, that is a very, very good finish. 

 

Brilliant goal, so tempting to swing your leg at that but he had the awareness to know that accuracy was the best way and got the power from the ball coming from the other direction. Excellent choice and technique.

 

 

 

[Gerard]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

He's also got much better talent with the ball at his feet than BC  has. Better touch, better passing, better at spotting a pass as well. That and crossing not far off Sharky. 

 

That was apparent on his debut that he offered so much more than Chilwell with quality passes into the box. Picking out passes rather than an aimless putting the ball into an area.

 

He was so high up the pitch last night for his goal and steamed into the box, it's so important if you want to be a top team to have full backs who are attacking threats.

[Haywood_6]

Could watch his goal a hundred times and not get bored of it. Brilliant controlled volley! And will do his confidence wonders.

[Ric Flair]

There's very little hype with this lad, which makes him all the more impressive in my opinion. Just going about his business and quietly improving.

 

Reminds me much more of a late 90's early 2000's full back who were really good players but a bit different to the clichéd modern full back that's become very hipster but is just a posh way of turning a blind eye to defending and being reliable in exchange for being rapid and highly erratic.

 

Keep it up Luke

[Facecloth]

20 minutes ago, Gerard said:

 

Brilliant goal, so tempting to swing your leg at that but he had the awareness to know that accuracy was the best way and got the power from the ball coming from the other direction. Excellent choice and technique.

 

 

 

Does that co-commentator suggest Vardy might go for goal himself? What's he expecting him to do, grow about 6 feet 

[Out Foxed]

goal of the season

[HighPeakFox]

He's no Tony Spearing. 

[pkonline]

Great goal, but what struck me more so, was how mature and how well he came across in the post match interviews. Brilliant!

[TJB-fox]

10 hours ago, KFS said:

Just watched that goal back again. Absolute corker. You can tell he’s really focused on picking his spot. Made up for him.

Being our first team left back is a very realistic ambition for him now. Even more so if we go back to a back 4 

[An Sionnach]

When JJ is fit and Ricci is up to speed , we have four really sound full backs of which two JJ and Castagne are decent wing backs. JJ is as good on the left as on the right. Do we really need to spend £30 m on Gosens. Surely we can get by until everybody is fit.

[sacreblueits442]

5 hours ago, mozartfox said:

I wonder now if there are still people on here wanting to ship him out on loan?

...why is there this constant them versus us on this platform!!!

[Father Ted]

Do you know what I like most about Luke Thomas? His attitude. He seems like a normal lad, who stays out of the media, has a proper haircut, doesn't prance around thinking he's the dogs bollocks off the pitch and doesn't go round hugging opposition players. He has the minerals to go right to the very top with us. Shift Maddison and Choudhury this summer to leave no more bad examples to follow. 

[foxinsocks]

He's a very nice young man.

No designer backpack or partying at ayoze's