Agreed, I wanted us to keep him. Early on last season he was probably our most important player at one point, definitely one of. I can see why he got recommended to us - he had a good loan spell & played plenty for Coventry a lot the year prior. Still only 25 and is yet to enter his prime. Get his head right & keep fit I think he'll have a very decent career.
I've got nothing against him and wish him well but he was our player for four years and gave us very little return over that period on what was probably a significant outlay.
How many people who have money and are comfortable hurt/kill themselves? This reeks of saying he used us & didn't try, mate. I always thought he had effort and hard work when he played, regardless of performance.
I wonder if he regrets leaving us. He should wasting away in mid table with just seven goals to his name. His best season for us was when he needed to tout himself towards the end of his long contract. If he had stayed with us he would have really struggled for starts, especially now.
I was never Thomas' biggest fan, but there's absolutely no evidence that he 'didn't try hard' in his time here.