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Luke Thomas (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter Greggs
  • Start date Nov 24, 2018
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Greggs

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #1
Possibly our best player. We all know his finishing needs to improve, but he has been a joy to watch this season. In today's ridiculous transfer market, he is easily a three - five million pound player. Would be great to keep him for the rest of the season!
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #2
Greggs said:
Possibly our best player. We all know his finishing needs to improve, but he has been a joy to watch this season. In today's ridiculous transfer market, he is easily a three - five million pound player. Would be great to keep him for the rest of the season!
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Agreed. Thomas has a tough Doyle/Dennis Wise type streak about him. He never shirks a challenge, is quick, and has stamina to spare. If he could finish he would be in Derby's first team, with a queue of Premier league teams looking at him. I'm really hoping Derby do well without him, so they don't feel the need to recall him. At the moment if he were to leave in January, the only (but not as good) way of compensating for his loss (short of a new player) may be to play Sterling on the right, with Grimmer staying at full back. I just hope Frank Lampard serves early notice of his intention, but it would only take an injury to a Derby player over the busy Christmas period for him to change his mind, so I think MR needs to plan to expect him to go back and treat it as a fantastic bonus if he stays.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #3
If he could finish he would be brilliant, he also wouldn't be here playing for us.
 
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cc84cov

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #4
No end product so frustrating this lad could be premiership level it’s like he gets there so fast he can’t think what to do in time.
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #5
He's a phenomenal player on the ball but, like with Bayliss, his end product is poor.

If he improves his finishing he'll be a premier league player. If not, he'll end up in Scotland like Ryan Kent.
 
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steve82

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #6
pusbccfc said:
He's a phenomenal player on the ball but, like with Bayliss, his end product is poor.

If he improves his finishing he'll be a premier league player. If not, he'll end up in Scotland like Ryan Kent.
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Ryan Kent.... Richie Partridge... we’ve seen them before

I hope the goals come for him as his work ethics and application deserve more recognition


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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #7
steve82 said:
Ryan Kent.... Richie Partridge... we’ve seen them before

I hope the goals come for him as his work ethics and application deserve more recognition


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He's a lot better (and slimmer) than Richie Partridge
 
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cc84cov

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #8
Sky Blue Harry H said:
He's a lot better (and slimmer) than Richie Partridge
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Better by Kent and partridge by miles
 

pusbccfc

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #9
cc84cov said:
Better by Kent and partridge by miles
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I don't think he's much better than what Kent was and I didn't rate Kent too highly.
 
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luwalla

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #10
I’d say better than Kent , more direct & he wins a lot of balls as one of the best tacklers in the side. If we had strikers that could finish then his finishing wouldn’t even be questioned... as he isn’t a striker, and scored a couple already.
His job is to be creative and Rio open defences, and he does it with aplom. We only berate his final product as our strikers aren’t doing the job for us right now. Imagine him with McNulty in the team!!
 

Westendlad

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #11
Sky Blue Harry H said:
He's a lot better (and slimmer) than Richie Partridge
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You prefer the more slimmer man then Harry yeah.......
 

fatso

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #12
No end product, proberbly the most frustrating player in the entire football league, I’m at the stage where I sit back down when he gets the ball and just wait for the inevitable goal kick.
 
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luwalla

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #13
fatso said:
No end product, proberbly the most frustrating player in the entire football league, I’m at the stage where I sit back down when he gets the ball and just wait for the inevitable goal kick.
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...Or the goal, as our fourth highest goal
scorer , and highest non striker goal scorer, and with he most assists in the team

I’m sure if you played for the opposition defence you’d be shit scared of him
 

skybluebeast

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #14
Best and most consistent player in the side at the moment bar maybe Lee Burge and Dom Hyam.

Those that don’t see that he will be a full international in the future must watch a different game to me. Yes his finishing needs to improve but so did his decision making when he first came to us and that seems to be heading in the right direction in the mere 4 months he has been here.

Those that say he has no end product need to look at some of the crosses he has put in recently namely the one sublime cross he put in last night in the first half, if we actually had players gambling with runs in the box all the would have had to have done was get a nick on it and it would be in the net.
 

Nonleagueherewecome

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  • Nov 24, 2018
  • #15
Sky Blue Harry H said:
He's a lot better (and slimmer) than Richie Partridge
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Partridge had a hell of a lot more end product and at least as much skill, probably more. 4 goals in 23 at Championship level, including some screamers, as opposed to 2 in 17a division lower (including cup) with a big slice of inept goalkeeping contributing. Partridge would have gone a lot further in the game but for injuries.
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #16
Shags who he wants
 

junglej13

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #17
Nonleagueherewecome said:
Partridge had a hell of a lot more end product and at least as much skill, probably more. 4 goals in 23 at Championship level, including some screamers, as opposed to 2 in 17a division lower (including cup) with a big slice of inept goalkeeping contributing. Partridge would have gone a lot further in the game but for injuries.
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The standard of the Championship when Partridge was with us was a lot lower than it is now. Probably a similar level to League 1 now. One or two good players in a team made a huge difference. Thomas has been exceptional good but his final ball and finishing needs to improve... Which I think it will.
 

speedie87

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #18
Typical how city fans love him cus he runs around a lot compared to Jacob Murphy who had a lot more goal and assists by this stage of the season.
 

Greggs

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #19
speedie87 said:
Typical how city fans love him cus he runs around a lot compared to Jacob Murphy who had a lot more goal and assists by this stage of the season.
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That's bollocks. His runs have purpose, he wins balls he shouldn't and turns bad passes into good ones. Nothing aimless about his game
 

Mucca Mad Boys

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #20
He’s a good player, but needs to work on his end product a lot if he’s going to break into the Derby 1st team. In particular, his finishing needs to improve and he needs to get more crosses into the box. The latter, however, might be more tactical because some of his crosses have been very good.
 

Nick

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #21
speedie87 said:
Typical how city fans love him cus he runs around a lot compared to Jacob Murphy who had a lot more goal and assists by this stage of the season.
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People got annoyed with Murphy because he clearly had talent but sometimes he couldn't be arsed. So many times he lost the ball and then stood with his hands on his hips.

While I don't think Thomas has as good an end product at the minute, if he loses the ball he will at least chase back to try and win it back. Plenty of times on Friday night Thomas was back in our half covering for Grimmer and putting tackles in.
 
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sw88

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #22
There aren’t many attack minded midfielders who can track back and actually tackle rather than foul like this kid does! Playing where he does he’d be excused for making too many ‘strikers tackles’ and just taking the man out, but he seems so composed. Friday night he even slid in from behind at one point and won the ball perfectly, something even some defenders struggle to do.

We certainly have an asset on our hands and hope we can keep him beyond January!
 
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Irish Sky Blue

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #23
skybluebeast said:
Best and most consistent player in the side at the moment bar maybe Lee Burge and Dom Hyam.

Those that don’t see that he will be a full international in the future must watch a different game to me. Yes his finishing needs to improve but so did his decision making when he first came to us and that seems to be heading in the right direction in the mere 4 months he has been here.

Those that say he has no end product need to look at some of the crosses he has put in recently namely the one sublime cross he put in last night in the first half, if we actually had players gambling with runs in the box all the would have had to have done was get a nick on it and it would be in the net.
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Great cross. JCH or Chaplin inthe right place it would have been a certain goal.
 

Irish Sky Blue

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #24
speedie87 said:
Typical how city fans love him cus he runs around a lot compared to Jacob Murphy who had a lot more goal and assists by this stage of the season.
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Can’t we like them both?
 
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Gibbo

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #25
It would help if someone went toward him rather than waiting hopefully in the middle of the penalty area for an inch perfect cross, which given that Thomas is likely operating at full stretch and under pressure, not surprisingly doesn't arrive
 

steve82

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #26
For me when we talk about end product I’m talking taking these chances when in on goal or hitting the target as a minimum. At least if he hits the target the keeper saves there is a second opportunity potentially for the side

That comes with experience and confidence and composure all of which is coming if you break down his appearances in first half and second half. His last 10 say he’s improved a lot, imagine what you might get in another 10 and we keep him till May.

Staying the season will help his game a lot

As someone said we’re only splitting hairs about him as Bayliss, Hiwula, Chaplin and JCH are having the same fortunes in front of goal often in games or when in 1v1


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Ashdown

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #27
speedie87 said:
Typical how city fans love him cus he runs around a lot compared to Jacob Murphy who had a lot more goal and assists by this stage of the season.
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I liked both, in fact always stress how important it is to have pace in the team.
 

stay_up_skyblues

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  • Nov 25, 2018
  • #28
There are very few players I have seen winning inch perfect tackles in their own half one minute and then steaming though defences to get one on one with the keeper in the next. He certainly looks a real talent and I expect him to play at the top level. As said, if he could finish he wouldn’t be here. Also, is this not his first season in men’s football?
 
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