Luke Thomas

[matty98]

Next season Barnes and Thomas down the left hand side could be unreal, they've already shown some excellent link up play together and they're only getting better.

[mozartfox]

1 hour ago, sacreblueits442 said:

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

It was a question ffs....

[foxfanazer]

Watching the goal back its gotta be a serious contender for our goal of the season and up there for the leagues. The technique is absolutely outrageous! 

[dannythefox]

Said it 6months ago Thomas actually has a footballing brain unlike Chilwell wait for another couple of years he’ll be flying for us 👌🏻

[messerschmitt]

4 hours ago, An Sionnach said:

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.

Exactly what I was thinking. If we play 4 at the back we've got 3 top CB's as well, if we are getting Soumare we can prioritise right-wing and forward.

[cruzFOX]

Really pleased for our kid he took his goal well. could have done better against greenwood for the goal but he lost his footing. he seemed really excited in his post match interview so will be up for it on Saturday. we need his youthful energy

[shen]

6 hours ago, Father Ted said:

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. 

He's got the perfect role model in Albrighton then. We do like a head down, hard working type of player, who doesn't sulk, don't we?

[les-tah]

Luke Thomas is at the age where a loan at a top championship side playing 36 games could really turn him into a real top player. Yeah be great having him around the first team next year but if he’s not playing it’s hindering his development at his age and by the sounds of we want a player like Gosens for next season.

[foxile5]

1 hour ago, les-tah said:

Luke Thomas is at the age where a loan at a top championship side playing 36 games could really turn him into a real top player. Yeah be great having him around the first team next year but if he’s not playing it’s hindering his development at his age and by the sounds of we want a player like Gosens for next season.

With JJ back we've probably enough depth to be looking at loan for him but he might have outgrown a lot of the clubs in the championship. 

[gurru991]

I'm assuming we will be playing Champions League next season as well as challenging for the league & cups. This means we will need two quality players for each position at a minimum. I don't see Thomas goin anywhere !

[majaco]

22 hours ago, mozartfox said:

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

Up until now, I have thought a loan would suit Leicester and Thomas because of the quality of our other players.  However, Thomas is now sometimes picked ahead of Ricardo.  His goal showed class worthy of a top league.  

 

Now I am wavering.   A loan could be useful but he may have moved beyond it.   

 

I am interested in seeing if he starts on Saturday.   It would be great to have a Leicester supporting academy product in the team.  

 

It looks like two of our academy products could start at left wing back in the FACup final.   Could be crazy stat time

[An Sionnach]

Luke what would you prefer? Playing in the C.L. or ten months with Barnsley. Mmmm I will get back to you on that boss.

[foxinsocks]

4 hours ago, gurru991 said:

I'm assuming we will be playing Champions League next season as well as challenging for the league & cups. This means we will need two quality players for each position at a minimum. I don't see Thomas goin anywhere !

This is key... our squad need to be bigger... no one should be going anywhere

[Webbo]

On 12/05/2021 at 09:24, mozartfox said:

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

I do, because I want what's best for him and the club. He needs to be playing most weeks to gain experience. If he's going to be playing 30 odd games for us next season, fair enough, if he's just going to get the odd Cup game then we should loan him out. 

[Raw Dykes]

1 hour ago, An Sionnach said:

Luke what would you prefer? Playing in the C.L. or ten months with Barnsley. Mmmm I will get back to you on that boss.

Not only that, but playing CL for the club you support.

[murphy]

5 hours ago, Webbo said:

I do, because I want what's best for him and the club. He needs to be playing most weeks to gain experience. If he's going to be playing 30 odd games for us next season, fair enough, if he's just going to get the odd Cup game then we should loan him out. 

He's played 22 times for us this season.  There's no reason to expect him to just get the odd cup game next season, especially now that some kind of European football is all but guaranteed. 

 

I think that Championship football would be a backward step and that his development is best served by staying in and around the first team here.  I think we will need him too.

 

 

[Webbo]

Just now, murphy said:

He's played 22 times for us this season.  There's no reason to expect him to just get the odd cup game next season, especially now that some kind of European football is all but guaranteed. 

 

I think that Championship football would be a backward step and that his development is best served by staying in and around the first team here.  I think we will need him too.

 

 

The Europa league isn't the same as the Champions league, higher standard and a lot more money at stake. 

 

If he's going to get lots of game time fair enough, otherwise I don't think it's fair to keep him here and not play him.

[Ric Flair]

It's fascinating how fans place first team football under inferior coaches at a lower level is worth more to a players development than less football at the highest level domestically and in Europe under one of the best coaches in the country.

 

The differentiation in an academy player playing solely U23 football compared to first team football at a lower level vs a 19 year old who is playing 20+ games in the PL and Europe and doing well co.pared to playing 40 games at a lower level is significant and I don't think a lot of our fans understand the different circumstances.

 

Harvey Barnes went on loan 3 times up to the age of 20/21 and yet it still took him 6-12 months or more to have a proper impact in the PL. He was one of the best players in the Championship at West Brom.

 

James Justin took nearly a year to put in the performances Thomas is doing in the PL and he'd had over 100 games at first team level.

 

Thomas is already doing well in the PL for us, he seldom let's us down and has had more MoTM performances than he has had games where he's been out of his depth. So what do either party gain for taking him away from that environment? We don't need to loan him out, we don't need to recruit 2 new left backs so therefore he will play 20+ games next season.

[lifted*fox]

maddison's backpack has really got some people shook lmao 

[moore_94]

46 minutes ago, Webbo said:

The Europa league isn't the same as the Champions league, higher standard and a lot more money at stake. 

 

If he's going to get lots of game time fair enough, otherwise I don't think it's fair to keep him here and not play him.

It would more likely be that if Thomas was here next season he would be the one playing in the league games before/after the Champions League matches where we would rotate our squad, where as Gosens (or whoever is our first choice left back next season) would be playing the Champions League games

[norwichfox]

55 minutes ago, lifted*fox said:

maddison's backpack has really got some people shook lmao 

It's because it's made from dead Jellyfish...

[sacreblueits442]

1 hour ago, murphy said:

He's played 22 times for us this season.  There's no reason to expect him to just get the odd cup game next season, especially now that some kind of European football is all but guaranteed. 

 

I think that Championship football would be a backward step and that his development is best served by staying in and around the first team here.  I think we will need him too.

 

 

....the reason why he has had so much game time is due to our lack of first team cover in that department!!!

This is not to say that he is not good enough, just he will be better served playing week in and week out for a championship team. I am sure he would be excited to be playing next season irrespective of where we will be playing in Europe, but for his genuine development he should go out on loan. He may view it as a setback and it may affect his loan spell, but if we can only offer cup games here and there then it is the right thing to do.

Edited 13 May 2021 by sacreblueits442

[midland_red]

12 hours ago, gurru991 said:

I'm assuming we will be playing Champions League next season as well as challenging for the league & cups. This means we will need two quality players for each position at a minimum. I don't see Thomas goin anywhere !

Dangerous assumption!!!!!

[murphy]

13 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

....the reason why he has had so much game time is due to our lack of first team cover in that department!!!

This is not to say that he is not good enough, just he will be better served playing week in and week out for a championship team. I am sure he would be excited to be playing next season irrespective of where we will be playing in Europe, but for his genuine development he should go out on loan. He may view it as a setback and it may affect his loan spell, but if we can only offer cup games here and there then it is the right thing to do.

We don't lack for left backs.  We have three with Justin & Castagne.  Thomas was playing Europa League due to rotation.  We will need to rotate next year too.

 

We will have to agree to differ on this one.  I don't think The Championship has anything to teach him.  He will develop much better at this level and further develop that understanding with Barnes.

[Suzie the Fox]

1 hour ago, lifted*fox said:

maddison's backpack has really got some people shook lmao 

I dont even get the hate, i'd totally rock that back-pack if i could afford the £3k price tag