Tom Cleverley - Loan Confirmed

[LeeB]

Tom Cleverly looks like the kind of person who would go out with your ex-girlfriend.

Fair play to you mate if thats the level of lady you used to date.

You'd think with that dough you'd sort her out with a bleeding matching bikini.

[ROBBO]

How do we know it's eight million? if it was four million would that make people happier? most are unhappy because we still need creativity but there is still time to get that. Don't believe Vlarr will be leaving that would be stupidity beyond belief.

[JUAN PABLO]

Is Kagawa out of reach then . they don't want him . wages ?

Dortmund just bid 12 million (inc addons) and one would imagine he would prefer his old club.

So they might get twenty million towards that di Maria . wellbeck , young and that awful Johnny Evans next

[Mister E]

The way I see it is, he is energetic and will want to make a new start and prove people wrong.
He wouldn't have been my obvious candidate, but with him and Delph in the same midfield we will have dynamism and pace: combined with a mix from Sanchez, Westwood, N'Zog, Grealish and Cole, I think we will have a pretty tight midfield.
We just need a goalscorer now ....

What's the point of a goalscorer without creativity . we just don't create enough. Is it two shots on target in three games . we need a player who creates . if we have a spare 8 million , buy creativity and not another Westwood

he's not another Westwood - he's much more energetic than that.
I don't think he lacks creativity, but Hoddle he ain't, I agree.

[JUAN PABLO]

The way I see it is, he is energetic and will want to make a new start and prove people wrong.
He wouldn't have been my obvious candidate, but with him and Delph in the same midfield we will have dynamism and pace: combined with a mix from Sanchez, Westwood, N'Zog, Grealish and Cole, I think we will have a pretty tight midfield.
We just need a goalscorer now ....

What's the point of a goalscorer without creativity . we just don't create enough. Is it two shots on target in three games . we need a player who creates . if we have a spare 8 million , buy creativity and not another Westwood

he's not another Westwood - he's much more energetic than that.
I don't think he lacks creativity, but Hoddle he ain't, I agree.

6 assists in 7 years is not alot

[pauliewalnuts]

The way I see it is, he is energetic and will want to make a new start and prove people wrong.
He wouldn't have been my obvious candidate, but with him and Delph in the same midfield we will have dynamism and pace: combined with a mix from Sanchez, Westwood, N'Zog, Grealish and Cole, I think we will have a pretty tight midfield.
We just need a goalscorer now ....

What's the point of a goalscorer without creativity . we just don't create enough. Is it two shots on target in three games . we need a player who creates . if we have a spare 8 million , buy creativity and not another Westwood

he's not another Westwood - he's much more energetic than that.
I don't think he lacks creativity, but Hoddle he ain't, I agree.

6 assists in 7 years is not alot

That's the thing.

He might improve on Westwood, I dunno, but surely what we need in the middle is someone who will occasionally create chances?

Cleverley doesn't look that kind of player.

[ozzjim]

Maybe he will help get those that will into more space? A winger of some description that can create does seem a must though.

[silhillvilla]

As others have said, if Everton come in for him we can forget it.

You mean breathe a sigh of relief.

[PeterWithesShin]

Assists can be misleading though. He could play a killer ball or go on a great run, ball then goes to player x who does a basic pass it to player b who scores, it's player x gets the official assist. Hopefully that makes sense.

[TheTimVilla]

I've just remembered who he reminds me of. Chris Eagles.

I'd rather bring a striker on loan than yet another midfielder permanently.

[pauliewalnuts]

As others have said, if Everton come in for him we can forget it.

You mean breathe a sigh of relief.

I don't think that's necessarily the case, either.

He might want to go somewhere he thinks he'll get lots of chances to play.

[KevinEaton]

I'm amazed at the negativity on this. Never has an opinion on a player been so skewed by the media than that of Tom Cleverley. He was very highly regarded when he broke into the Manchester Utd team that was consistently in the top 2 of the Premier league. Unfortunately he failed to quite live up to his early promise and couldn't hold a regular first team place, but he is still a very very good footballer.

How many people can honestly say they have watched him play live for 90 minutes?

He is a significant upgrade on what we have now and I for one would be delighted if we sign him. A midfield 3 of Delph, Sanchez and Cleverley sounds pretty healthy to me. It's fashionable to deride Cleverley. He was hounded out of the England squad, and people have jumped on the bandwagon. Give him a chance and he might just prove you wrong.

I don't agree with the clamber for a striker. I think width is a much greater priority and sort that out and we should do alright this year.

[frank black]

Sounds like Man U putting him in the papers to flush out other interest....

He will end up at Everton for 5-6 mil..

[Rudy65]

I'm amazed at the negativity on this. Never has an opinion on a player been so skewed by the media than that of Tom Cleverly. He was very highly regarded when he broke into the Manchester Utd team that was consistently in the top 2 of the Premier league. Unfortunately he failed to quite live up to his early promise and couldn't hold a regular first team place, but he is still a very very good footballer.

How many people can honestly say they have watched him play live for 90 minutes?

He is a significant upgrade on what we have now and I for one would be delighted if we sign him. A midfield 3 of Delph, Sanchez and Cleverly sounds pretty healthy to me. It's fashionable to deride Cleverly. He was hounded out of the England squad, and people have jumped on the bandwagon. Give him a chance and he might just prove you wrong.

I don't agree with the clamber for a striker. I think width is a much greater priority and sort that out and we should do alright this year.

No way is he a very, very good footballer.

Average at best.

Poor mans carrick

[pauliewalnuts]

A midfield 3 of Delph, Sanchez and Cleverly sounds pretty healthy to me.

Have to say, I don't see much creativity in that midfield.

As you said, width (or, in wider terms, some creativity) is what we need.

If we were signing Cleverley for a couple of million, it'd be different, but I think in these times of much limited money, part of the concern is that we are spending so much of it on a player who isn't really of the type we need.

re how many people have watched him play for 90 minutes - lots, i'd have thought, given who he has been playing for.