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Chris Dunlavy: Spiky Sorba Thomas could prove big bargain

Sorba Thomas. Good player. Bad attitude. That’s the narrative, anyway. What’s incontrovertible is that Stoke City have signed the best dead-ball specialist in the Championship.

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Sorba Thomas. Good player. Bad attitude. That’s the narrative, anyway. What’s incontrovertible is that Stoke City have signed the best dead-ball specialist in the Championship.
Watch video compilations of Thomas taking corners and it looks like a glitch.
They are practically identical, the ball travelling in the exact same arc, at the exact same speed, landing in the exact same location.
Nor is the 25-year-old’s crossing ability restricted to set-pieces.
Quality
“His quality of delivery on the run, which is a tough skill, is absolutely outstanding,”...

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