Everyone is singing Thomas's praises... But who would be dropped to put him in the team... For me the first half team is a good solid one.
Deacster":39324uzq said:I know but the general performance wasn't great and after Weds defeat the atmosphere was poor. A win is a win but felt a fairly hollow victory.PAFC94":39324uzq said:Deacster":39324uzq said:A rare spark of excitement on a dour day.
We did win...
In your opinion. Clearly not in mine else I wouldn't have written it. A very flat win.PAFC94":2i4gjgee said:Deacster":2i4gjgee said:I know but the general performance wasn't great and after Weds defeat the atmosphere was poor. A win is a win but felt a fairly hollow victory.PAFC94":2i4gjgee said:Deacster":2i4gjgee said:A rare spark of excitement on a dour day.
We did win...
I was rather underwhelmed with the performance but any win is a good win and a dour day is a tad harsh.
If it wasn't for Luke, "the first half team" would have gone in at 1-1 against a pretty poor team coming straight off the back of a 5-1 drubbing just a few days earlier and with their top scorer missing through injury.Molton green 1989":3khg6qah said:Everyone is singing Thomas's praises... But who would be dropped to put him in the team... For me the first half team is a good solid one.
:furious:Paven":184olo3h said:Frank_Butcher":184olo3h said:One dimensional impact sub.
Pretty much. For every good cross, there's a very poor one. For every decent pass, there's on that doesn't make it's target.
He was alright, but not the Christiano Ronaldo some seem to be making him out to be.
Decent impact sub, but should be that at most IMO.
Behave with that common sense, that won't suit those trying to talk him down.philevs":2bjo9zge said:He can't be anything more than an impact sub unless he gets a start, can he?!
PL2 3DQ":2i8btvi4 said:His positional sense is poor
Dan Ellard":jczbu5p0 said:PL2 3DQ":jczbu5p0 said:His positional sense is poor
.... which does not matter in the slightest when we're playing 4-1-2-3/4-2-1-3 and pushing the wide men right on. It's called roaming, moving off the ball, making yourself difficult to mark. Would you prefer if he stood still off the ball like most of our other attackers?!
The reason why we were so poor on Tuesday (and in many other games) is we don't unlock teams - we don't get in behind them or down the wings getting crosses in. Everything's played in front of them.
Yes the end product isn't always there from Thomas - of course it isn't, he's a young lad and this is League 2! But blimey, how many times did he get beyond his man and get us up the pitch? He is so so direct and the value of beating a man for pace and gaining us 20/30 yards of territory is massively understated.
PL2 3DQ":2onzle5k said:Dan Ellard":2onzle5k said:PL2 3DQ":2onzle5k said:His positional sense is poor
.... which does not matter in the slightest when we're playing 4-1-2-3/4-2-1-3 and pushing the wide men right on. It's called roaming, moving off the ball, making yourself difficult to mark. Would you prefer if he stood still off the ball like most of our other attackers?!
The reason why we were so poor on Tuesday (and in many other games) is we don't unlock teams - we don't get in behind them or down the wings getting crosses in. Everything's played in front of them.
Yes the end product isn't always there from Thomas - of course it isn't, he's a young lad and this is League 2! But blimey, how many times did he get beyond his man and get us up the pitch? He is so so direct and the value of beating a man for pace and gaining us 20/30 yards of territory is massively understated.
It's best if you quote the whole of my post where I also praise Thomas rather than pick out a few words.