Luke Thomas

[SecretPro]

Had Salah in his pocket for the entire game. Unreal really. 

[turlo]

 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Hes not a flashy full back by any means. Hes actually a throw back in many respects, tidy on the ball and defends well. He defends the back post like Danny Simpson did.

 

That sort of performance was amazing, chilwell got sat on his arse by man City and Liverpool two years ago, Thomas is younger and ****ing smashed it.

[Kevin Russell]

Really good tonight - needs to kick on from here - believe in himself and show us how good he really is - no doubt he has the talent, it’s whether he can reproduce across a season.

[mucfox]

a star is born tonight...

[Devonfox1884]

I am a mug. Do not, for the love of god, loan this boy out to the championship! 

[moore_94]

 

[5waller5]

Absolutely superb performance tonight. Got to be our first choice LB now, and with the current injuries he’ll get the chance to cement himself in the side.

Fantastic to see a Leicester lad doing so well, and how much it means to him.

[FLAN]

29 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Totally agree, Trent too. They both had 7/10 performances, but Thomas had a 9.

 

It's been said before, but he's ahead of where Chilwell was at the same age. Different sort of player, less physical and less energetic, but more accomplished on the ball and much better defensively.

Is it possible to be less physical than Chilwell? 

[lcfc_forever]

Superb performance. 

[turlo]

 

[Hales]

Absolutely brilliant Luke, well done! What a task against Salah but you won that battle 👏 💪 

[Blanchflower78]

Very very good again, keep this up son 

[StriderHiryu]

21 minutes ago, FLAN said:

Is it possible to be less physical than Chilwell? 

To be fair to Chilwell, he gets a lot of unfair criticism over this. In his early career with us he had a terrible time away at Milwall in the Cup where they bullied him both physically and mentally, and in the Puel days, teams used to target him with the high diagonal to beat him in the air. But in his last season with us, his aerial clearances were only bettered by Ndidi and he dramatically improved this aspect of his game.

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not his biggest fan and think 50m was outstanding business by us. I'd rather have JJ, Castagne or the current version of Thomas ahead of him. But Chilwell has shown he's a very good player, Chelsea's recent dip has coincided with him getting injured and it looks like they will sign Lucas Digne of Everton to cover for his long term injury.

[Mullet1]

Does he get in ahead of Justin? 

[Freeman's Wharfer]

Faced Mahrez and Salah in his last couple and has handled it admirably.

[VG Fox]

6 minutes ago, Mullet1 said:

Does he get in ahead of Justin? 

no not a chance

[StriderHiryu]

6 minutes ago, Mullet1 said:

Does he get in ahead of Justin? 

On current form 100%.

 

Also with JJ, let's be honest this season is just about getting back to physical fitness. I don't expect him to be anywhere near the same level he was at previously. Look at Ricardo as an example. Maddison also took a long time to get going again, which to be fair he has more than done so in recent weeks.

 

Fofana will be similar. Don't expect him to suddenly be our colossus at the back. He needs minutes just to get back to half decent shape again.

[Ric Flair]

Just gets the job done. Think he'll be one of those players in a few years who's a horrible little bastard to play against and we badly need a few of those.

 

He's had a very good last 6 weeks

[CloudFox]

So proud of this lad, he's coming on leaps and bounds. Had Salah in his pocket all game.

 

Also I love his tendency to do little (no look?) cutbacks on the inside. Wrong foots the opposition every time 😁.

[VG Fox]

Just now, VG Fox said:

no not a chance

whoops think I misread that...Justin is better than Chilwell is what I meant.  A fit Justin back at the level pre injury is currently a better player than Thomas, but maybe not in 2 yrs time!!

[ElusiveEd]

Seriously can't believe what I've just witnessed in how he came of age tonight.

 

A 20 year old academy graduate who's just made what is thought to be one of the best players in the world right now look bang average and controlled.

 

That kid deserves every credit for that performance.

 

Outstanding! 

[Haywood_6]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Luke's a fantastic young player, worked so hard tonight, Salah got no change out him whatsoever. He's got a great future ahead

[shailen]

He's getting better and better. We've got some serious talent in our academy. 

[tom27111]

The guy is a fvcking hero.

 

I can't remember which member on here is his uncle, but you should be so God damn proud.

 

With Chilwell out until next season and Shaw out of the Man Utd side, Southgate should call up our Luke for some experience.

 

I'm not calling for him to play, but get him around the team.

 

If he carries on developing as he has, we've got a player of Ashley Cole's qualities on our hands.

 

Incredible tonight.

Edited 28 December 2021 by tom27111