Thomas Smith

Defensive Midfielder - Burnley U20
26 Jul 2043
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791 Edition

The Burnley Sentinel

23 Sep 2041
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad23 Sep 2041

Max Weiß breaks a bone — 47 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 47 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad23 Sep 2041

Thomas Smith damages knee ligaments — 16 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings23 Sep 2041

Charlie Wood scores twice — 8.56

Two goals and a mark of 8.56 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad23 Sep 2041

Tempers go at Burnley

Lucio Falasco was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match21 Sep 2041

Charlie Wood the difference as Burnley beat Cardiff City

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Charlie Wood. 2‑0 against Cardiff City, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Match21 Sep 2041

Nobody wins at Burnley

8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Squad23 Sep 2041

Max Weiß is still paying for one afternoon at Burnley

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Player ratings23 Sep 2041

A defender's afternoon for Enrique Moya

Defensive actions: 14. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings23 Sep 2041

A defender's afternoon for Tyrone Omotoye

Defensive actions: 13. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

In brief

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790 Edition

The Burnley Sentinel

16 Sep 2041
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad16 Sep 2041

A fracture rules Max Weiß out for 55 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Burnley will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad16 Sep 2041

Thomas Smith damages knee ligaments — 23 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 23 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings16 Sep 2041

No sign of nerves from James Reid at 21 — 7.96

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. James Reid did not need any: 7.96, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings16 Sep 2041

Alejandro Garnacho, 37, rolls back the years — 8.04

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.04 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad16 Sep 2041

Tempers go at Burnley

Ethan Ndiweni was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match14 Sep 2041

Burnley see off Huddersfield Town

Three points for Burnley, 2‑1 the final word against Huddersfield Town in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces16 Sep 2041

The crowd has taken to James Reid

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad16 Sep 2041

Burnley count the cost of losing Timothy Moore

60 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Player ratings16 Sep 2041

Lucio Falasco's mistake decides it

Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Burnley needed to.

In brief

789 Edition

The Burnley Sentinel

9 Sep 2041
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad9 Sep 2041

A fracture rules Max Weiß out for 62 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Burnley will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad9 Sep 2041

A knee injury of the worst kind for Thomas Smith

31 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Burnley lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings9 Sep 2041

Age has not caught Lucio Falasco yet — 7.92

At 37 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.92 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad9 Sep 2041

Tempers go at Burnley

Lucio Falasco was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad9 Sep 2041

Adam Soudi signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Adam Soudi and Burnley agree another 2 years.

Match7 Sep 2041

Burnley share the spoils with Leeds United

A 1‑1 draw with Leeds United leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Market9 Sep 2041

The Max Weiß story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Max Weiß signs something — a contract at Burnley or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Player ratings9 Sep 2041

The chances came and went for Ethan Ndiweni

12 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.

Player ratings9 Sep 2041

Charlie Wood runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 7. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

788 Edition

The Burnley Sentinel

2 Sep 2041
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad2 Sep 2041

A fracture rules Max Weiß out for 69 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Burnley will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad2 Sep 2041

A knee injury of the worst kind for Thomas Smith

40 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Burnley lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad2 Sep 2041

Lucio Falasco in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Burnley this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad2 Sep 2041

Joshua Hall is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Player ratings2 Sep 2041

Nobody could get near Alejandro Garnacho

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match31 Aug 2041

Newcastle United take the points off Burnley

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market2 Sep 2041

Alejandro Garnacho linked with a move away

The name of Alejandro Garnacho keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Burnley say nothing, which says plenty.

Market2 Sep 2041

Benjamin Edwards is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Burnley has been clear about where Benjamin Edwards stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market2 Sep 2041

George Clark leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. George Clark leaves Burnley the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

787 Edition

The Burnley Sentinel

26 Aug 2041
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad26 Aug 2041

A fracture rules Max Weiß out for 76 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Burnley will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad26 Aug 2041

A knee injury of the worst kind for Thomas Smith

47 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Burnley lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings26 Aug 2041

Alejandro Garnacho, 37, rolls back the years — 8.43

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.43 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Match24 Aug 2041

Burnley cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad26 Aug 2041

Tempers go at Burnley

Lucio Falasco was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match24 Aug 2041

Alejandro Garnacho sends Burnley past Preston

It finished 1‑0, and it was Alejandro Garnacho’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Burnley.

Player ratings26 Aug 2041

Enrique Moya shuts the door

Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad26 Aug 2041

Max Weiß is still paying for one afternoon at Burnley

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Player ratings26 Aug 2041

Nobody could get near Luke Harvey

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief