Those who believe Lindsay Thomas is about to change his ways because of some recent criticism, think again.

The live wire forward has copped his fair share of negative comments and feedback for the way plays but says he isn’t about to change.

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"I do feel as if I am an easy target," Thomas told The Herald Sun’s Glenn McFarlane.

"I just find it pretty disrespectful, to be honest.

"I think I have earned the right and the respect of people. I've worked hard on my football and people have seen how hard I worked on my goalkicking.

"To be accused of being a ducker, which I know I am not, is just so disappointing."

“I'm not going to be a sook about it. But sometimes there are some comments that make me unhappy. I don't know why I am the easy target for all this.”

Thomas said it’s hard not to read all the criticism, but knows it doesn’t count for much in the long run.

"I just find it strange how people want to talk about it. But as long as I have the support of my coach and my teammates, then other people's opinions don't count.

"I am playing within the rules. I am not going anything wrong. I am not the only guy who does it, so I don't know why people want to talk about me."

"I am not going to change the way I play, no way," Thomas said.

"I am not doing anything wrong.

"I am challenging the tackler, and if they don't tackle me properly, then they are going to give away a free kick. It is as simple as that."

Overcoming adversity is something Thomas is familiar with. His most famous triumph came in 2011 when he had the dreaded goal-kicking yips.

"It was the biggest challenge for me. It was definitely tough. It was mostly mental. You just grab the footy and the first thing that would come into my head was that I really hope I don't miss it.

"You had opposition guys getting in your head a bit. The thing that really got me down was letting my teammates down, to watch them having to watch me keep missing hurt the most.

"But it shows how great these guys are that I play with. They really stuck by me and supported me. And the coach has been amazing - I can't speak more highly of him. He has backed me to the hilt.”

Thomas believes listening to too many people is the mistake most players make when trying to turn things around.

"The thing I found, and I see it in a lot of players now, is how everybody wants to get inside their heads. They want to talk to them about their routines. I had that, and I had a lot of people telling me what I should or shouldn't be doing. In the end, that was the reason. That was the problem.

“What I did at the end of that year was to I went back to what I felt came natural. I just thought I am going to go back and do what I did when I was playing footy in the country.

"I used to go to a park where I lived and I would have 100 shots a day. It was in Essendon, just a local park. I don't have a routine now. There were people telling me to do this, and to do that. So I don't have a routine now. I just treat it as a natural thing. I just go back and have a shot, without trying to think too much about it."

"I am extremely proud that I have been able to overcome it (the yips)."

On the eve of the Kangaroos’ Indigenous Round fixture against Collingwood, Thomas said he felt an enormous amount of pride and wants to dedicate his game to injured teammate Daniel Wells.

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"Wellsy always reminds me what I am playing for and what this round means," he said.

"I will be playing for Wellsy this weekend and also for my family back home (in South Australia)."

"It's pretty special. When the fixture comes out, it's one of the first things I look to see when it is Indigenous Round and where we're playing."