Sorba relishing his extra set-piece time

SORBA Thomas is looking forward to taking his set-piece work alongside James Rowberry with Wales to Stoke City.

- Peter Smith

Rowberry is assistant coach to Craig Bellamy at international level and assistant to Mark Robins with the Potters, now tasked with making sure the latter get to benefit as much as they can from Thomas's dead ball reputation.

"I like Rowbs," said Thomas. "We're very close at Wales, especially with him being one of the set-piece coaches. We've got a good bond and for us to try to bring it from international to club level is going to be great."

Thomas quickly got a name for himself in the Championship for his deliveries at Huddersfield Town, which were dubbed a 'super strength' by his coaches on their way to reaching the play-off final.

He has taken that into Wales too, providing an assist from a corner against Liechtenstein last month as well as scoring and setting up another from open play against Belgium a few days later.