Thomas is great, not the best disposer but he is a real dynamo. Is he our Tucky replacement?
Not in a million years. Is a ball butcher. Yes he attacks the on test and the ball but struth he puts his teammates under pressure with his ordinary decision making and disposal
Best game for us yesterday. Showed a burst of speed in his first 2 steps he hasn't shown all year. Still prefer to give games to Miles as our clearance machine. Just much more upside.
I haven't watched the replay
But was at the game yesterday, yep he had 25 odd touches supposedly at 74% efficiency but had 5 clangers. Would love to know know they work out what clanger is
The number of times his disposal puts his teammates under pressure is staggering.
How he gets a games ahead of Miles baffles me. Miles is "miles" ahead of Thomas in so many areas it isn't funny
Play them both....
Tucky wasn't a great kick either. Won us all over with his hard work. Don't let absence get in the way of our memories.
I'm not saying Thomas is the answer but we can use his hard work and toughness at the moment. Let him do some of the dirty work on the bottom of the packs instead of our more skilled players that can then work on the outside.
Footy at the moment is all about contested footy, especially against the very good sides, if you don't think Thomas is any good at that, then you are missing something. We need to get better and tougher around the footy. The good teams don't let us get on the outside like GWS did yesterday, making it easy for teams with bigger bodies that are willing to put them in at a massive advantage.
Play the hardnuts Dimma, the Houli's, Grigg's and Ellis' won't give a yelp when it gets tight!
Can only carry one of those blokes in the side at any one time the way footy is played now IMO.
