Former Derby County, Coventry City and Blackpool striker Kwame Thomas has joined Carlisle United on trial.
The twenty-three-year-old former England Under-20 international is a free agent following his release by National League outfit Solihull Moors.
He made seventeen appearances for the Moors last season in which he failed to find the net, but he did score four times in twenty-nine outings in 2017/18. He spent the final weeks of last term on loan at Kidderminster Harriers, notching up five appearances without a goal in National League North.
Arguably his best spell in the EFL came at Coventry City where he scored three goals in eleven League One outings in 2016/17 before drifting into the National League. He has previously failed to score at Derby and during loan spells at Blackpool and Notts County.
Carlisle fans soon took to social media to react to the news, and it is fair to say plenty of them were underwhelmed with the player and particularly his goal record.
The optimists point out that he must have talent having played for his country and hoped maybe Carlisle could bring the best out of him.
Here is how the news was greeted on Twitter by these fans of the Cumbrians.
A striker who doesn’t score sounds promising 👍
— Zach (@Z_3_V) July 18, 2019
Kwame Thomas, 39 games and 4 goals in the league below in the last two seasons before being farmed out on loan to a side a further league below before ultimately being released. Am I missing something here? #cufc
— Ste Alderson (@Salderson91) July 18, 2019
Hmmm…..#sigh
— Bruce Vander 💙 (@BruceVander) July 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/inthecity_cufc/status/1151795561005289472?s=20
No disrespect to the guy, but as a strategy it seems we have no plans to sign any player soon from a League club – there is a reason why players are trialists….he couldn't get a game for Solihull!!!!
— Bruce Vander 💙 (@BruceVander) July 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/chezyeah/status/1151794176020930561?s=20
https://twitter.com/LMadden2002/status/1151793636490862592?s=20
https://twitter.com/xx_glenny/status/1151792956820643840?s=20
