Earning just under £10k a week at ADO Den Haag these days…managed by Dirk Kuyt (lost 3-1 to MVV on Friday but Thomas did score). Bagged 30 for them last season.
That's truly remarkable he was dire here. He looked like a man moutian as a striker but had no aggression and appeared to have led in his feet that ment he had the touch of an elephant and couldn't jump more than six inches off the ground. It just shows I guess.
I definitely thought he had something about him, but it never really happened for him, bad injury if I remember? Not sure he would be well suited to ‘Betsyball’.
I always wondered whether it was down to him or down to circumstance.
It seemed he was always slow and immobile but his scoring record since he returned to Netherlands is outstanding. Maybe it was English football, or maybe Kewell wanted to play a certain style of football which just didn't suit Thomas.
I thought he was an OK centre forward. No Van Persie or Van Basten but OK. Balls played up to him were looked after and he looked as though he could have been a threat in the box.
The injury did for him here but if we needed proof just look at his record since.
ADO Den Haag, or FC Den Haag as they used to be, hardcore (…) supporters are worse than Ajax F-Side or VAK410 or F’oords Legioen. Dutch football, club football, is not a family day out. Unlike the national team; it’s an weird contrast.