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Bobby Thomas to Sheff Utd ? (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Aug 15, 2025
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #176
Looking at the stats , kitching doesnt excel anywhere over Thomas , who also has a better pass completion ..

I dont get and never have understood the Thomas negativity
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #177
If we can get Hughes in and cover to partner Kitching the defence is starting to look really good.
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #178
Jamesimus said:
Since when has Bobby Thomas become “not good on the ball” and why have three posters on the same page said this?!
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He very often mis directs his pass. Surely you have noticed he has an issue with not finding a team mate with what appears to be a simple pass. Great for a few goals tho'
 
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #179
Can we offer them lati instead
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #180
CovValleyBoy said:
He very often mis directs his pass. Surely you have noticed he has an issue with not finding a team mate with what appears to be a simple pass. Great for a few goals tho'
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Yep agreed. Its atleast once or twice a game.
 

Evo1883

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #181
Ccfcisparks said:
Yep agreed. Its atleast once or twice a game.
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He had a higher pass completion than Liam kitching last season , just .. but still
 
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Macca

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #182
Have we decided whether this is a consolidation or gelling season yet?
 
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peteCCFC

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #183
Lines up with Patrick Bauer being spotted in The KFC earlier today.
 
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covboy9

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #184
Sell for 8 and buy 2 to replace I suggest hyam
 

SkyBlueDom26

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #185
This won’t go unnoticed by Dull, they will probably up the hughes price
 
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Deity

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #186
covboy9 said:
Sell for 8 and buy 2 to replace I suggest hyam
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Not good enough
 

Jamesimus

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #187
CovValleyBoy said:
He very often mis directs his pass. Surely you have noticed he has an issue with not finding a team mate with what appears to be a simple pass. Great for a few goals tho'
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Of course I’ve noticed! So in that sense I don’t disagree. What he’s usually doing when this happens though is trying to be progressive / on occasions overly ambitious.

I actually think now Grimes has come in, it’s kind of unnecessary to have centre backs that are that ambitious in progressing the ball, hence I can understand a sale for the right price.

I think he’s a better footballer than he is a defender if that makes sense. And in our current system, we maybe need more of a defender and one that has a bit of pace.
 

Evo1883

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #188
If we line up tomorrow with lati and kitching at CB then I guess we know
 

torchomatic

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #189
Ccfcisparks said:
Yep agreed. Its atleast once or twice a game.
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As does nearly every player in the team.
 
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covboy9

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #190
I fucking hate sheff utd
 
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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #191
I think Thomas makes a lot of bad passes that would be considered ‘complete’ by the statisticians. That’s kind of my issue with a lot of the stats used in football in general. I don’t necessarily mind is a player’s pass is incomplete if they’re trying something ambitious that would move us up the pitch but I get very pissed off work underhit/off target passes which put a teammate in trouble.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #192
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Just called Doug king Doug Ellis, he’s almost as bad as Lorna
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He just apologised for it, think deadly Doug must have got on the phone threatening a lawsuit
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #193
Evo1883 said:
Looking at the stats , kitching doesnt excel anywhere over Thomas , who also has a better pass completion ..

I dont get and never have understood the Thomas negativity
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IMO he’s a better all round player than Kitching, both much of a muchness defensively but his goal threat adds a lot for me.

Neither are worth anything like £8m
 
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Matt smith

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #194
TomRad85 said:
Either going to be a masterclass or a complete balls up. No in-between.
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Completely agree
 
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StrettoBoy

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #195
covboy9 said:
I fucking hate sheff utd
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C’mon, don’t be so reticent.

Tell us what you really think.

 
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Matt smith

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #196
Evo1883 said:
If we line up tomorrow with lati and kitching at CB then I guess we know
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Lati isn’t fit
 

jim20

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #197
I would usually say to sell for £8m, but we are already short in this area after selling binks, we need at least 2 more in before he goes, maybe 3 to give us enough depth
 

Evo1883

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #198
shmmeee said:
IMO he’s a better all round player than Kitching, both much of a muchness defensively but his goal threat adds a lot for me.

Neither are worth anything like £8m
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His value is what teams will pay tbh

I also think he will keep getting better
 
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shmmeee

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #199
Evo1883 said:
His value is what teams will pay tbh

I also think he will keep getting better
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Yeah I do too. I’d have been looking to upgrade Kitching this summer to someone that can help him on.
 

DT-R

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #200
chinamans view said:
Bee informed by someone at club , Thomas is looking to leave, SO SHEFFIELD BID MUST BE RIGHT
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That can't be right? @David O'Day told me earlier Bobby isnt that sort of guy?!

Sent from my SM-S711B using Tapatalk
 
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skyblue_55

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #201
A very strange & unsettling time , behind the scenes . I hope that there are quality signings/replacements in the pipeline , as by tomorrow afternoon, we could be sitting on just 1 point from our first 2 games , after looking at the kindest fixture fall , in seasons .
 
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David O'Day

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #202
DT-R said:
That can't be right? @David O'Day told me earlier Bobby isnt that sort of guy?!

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yeah, i mean this must be true if some random bloke on the internet said it is true

you aren't that stupid are you?

Also, learn to read as this doesn't go against what I said does it.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #203
Evo1883 said:
Looking at the stats , kitching doesnt excel anywhere over Thomas , who also has a better pass completion ..

I dont get and never have understood the Thomas negativity
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He’s a better attacking header than Kitching. Kitching wins the ball so much from corners but unfortunately the resulting header ends up everywhere but the goal
 

Jamesimus

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #204
skyblue_55 said:
A very strange & unsettling time , behind the scenes . I hope that there are quality signings/replacements in the pipeline , as by tomorrow afternoon, we could be sitting on just 1 point from our first 2 games , after looking at the kindest fixture fall , in seasons .
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Fucking hell
 
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ProfessorbyGrace

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #205
skyblue_55 said:
A very strange & unsettling time , behind the scenes . I hope that there are quality signings/replacements in the pipeline , as by tomorrow afternoon, we could be sitting on just 1 point from our first 2 games , after looking at the kindest fixture fall , in seasons .
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I think you’ll find that most of the rumours banded around are simply bollocks.
 
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DT-R

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #206
David O'Day said:
yeah, i mean this must be true if some random bloke on the internet said it is true

you aren't that stupid are you?

Also, learn to read as this doesn't go against what I said does it.
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I'm not to believe this random bloke.on the Internet, but I'm to believe the other random bloke on the Internet making out he's best friends with Bobby Thomas he knows him and his loyalty so well???


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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #207
Evo1883 said:
Looking at the stats , kitching doesnt excel anywhere over Thomas , who also has a better pass completion ..

I dont get and never have understood the Thomas negativity
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His tactical role under Robins was to be more of a ball playing CB that he isn’t. Under Lampard and the addition of Grimes, Thomas gets put in a lot less vulnerable positions because he nearly always has a simple pass to MVE, Kitching or Grimes.

The pass % can be misleading, because if all you’re doing to passing 5 yards to someone, it’s going to be higher than if you make more complicated passes.

As a pair, Thomas and Kitching gel well together and you can tell they’ve played together for a while now.
 
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Jamesimus

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #208
skyblue_55 said:
A very strange & unsettling time , behind the scenes . I hope that there are quality signings/replacements in the pipeline , as by tomorrow afternoon, we could be sitting on just 1 point from our first 2 games , after looking at the kindest fixture fall , in seasons .
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1 game in and 2 weeks left of the transfer window, don’t be reaching for the mattress protector just yet!
 
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Jamesimus

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #209
Mucca Mad Boys said:
As a pair, Thomas and Kitching gel well together and you can tell they’ve played together for a while now.
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This is another important point. Getting someone in now means changing the defence combination again and we know how that worked out in the past!
 
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David O'Day

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  • Aug 15, 2025
  • #210
DT-R said:
I'm not to believe this random bloke.on the Internet, but I'm to believe the other random bloke on the Internet making out he's best friends with Bobby Thomas he knows him and his loyalty so well???


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I didn't actually say that did I did.

I said I don't think Thomas is the kind of player to noy hive 100%.

If you think that mans I must know him personally etc. then wow.
 
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