Tom Cleverley - Loan Confirmed

[placeforparks]

i think he's got talent and would be a good signing for us. think he would flourish at a club which isn't the goldfish bowl of man united and has a manager with faith in him. he has struggled the last 18 months, but so has every other united player.

and that's my opinion from watching him regularly when he was at watford a few years ago, where he was superb.

[dave.woodhall]

I wonder how many supporters of other clubs would have been happy to be linked with Gareth Barry circa 2006? Sometimes a player needs a spark to their career, whether it be a new club or a new manager. 

[rob_bridge]

I wonder how many supporters of other clubs would have been happy to be linked with Gareth Barry circa 2006? Sometimes a player needs a spark to their career, whether it be a new club or a new manager.

Not many. And an interesting comparison.

[themossman]

I wonder how many supporters of other clubs would have been happy to be linked with Gareth Barry circa 2006? Sometimes a player needs a spark to their career, whether it be a new club or a new manager. 

Very apt.

[RussellC]

I wonder how many supporters of other clubs would have been happy to be linked with Gareth Barry circa 2006? Sometimes a player needs a spark to their career, whether it be a new club or a new manager. 

I actually don't think it's so much about the player we're potentially buying that people are concerned by, more the are of the pitch we're looking to spend a lot of money on. Personally, I see it as being well down our list of priorities this window.

[Ian.]

I wonder how many supporters of other clubs would have been happy to be linked with Gareth Barry circa 2006? Sometimes a player needs a spark to their career, whether it be a new club or a new manager. 

I actually don't think it's so much about the player we're potentially buying that people are concerned by, more the are of the pitch we're looking to spend a lot of money on. Personally, I see it as being well down our list of priorities this window.

But has been played quite often in a role behind the front two "in the hole" (cue Big Mick). Thats exactly the player we have been after?

[achilles]

We just need to spend this money in another area like creativity and I hear he had potential when he was young , well a lot of players have this and never reach it and he is 25 now.

If other areas were now complete and he came for three million , I wouldn't have a problem with this but they are not ,ww can't break teams down , that's why we are awful at home.


Have we the luxury to spend 8 million on Tom cleverley

No!

[RussellC]

I wonder how many supporters of other clubs would have been happy to be linked with Gareth Barry circa 2006? Sometimes a player needs a spark to their career, whether it be a new club or a new manager. 

I actually don't think it's so much about the player we're potentially buying that people are concerned by, more the are of the pitch we're looking to spend a lot of money on. Personally, I see it as being well down our list of priorities this window.

But has been played quite often in a role behind the front two "in the hole" (cue Big Mick). Thats exactly the player we have been after?

Has he? I've never seen him in that role. Certainly not for Utd. If he has I would question why he has such a low record of goals and assists?

[Ads]

I have only ever seen him play centrally for United.

[Holte L2]

I wonder how many supporters of other clubs would have been happy to be linked with Gareth Barry circa 2006? Sometimes a player needs a spark to their career, whether it be a new club or a new manager. 

I actually don't think it's so much about the player we're potentially buying that people are concerned by, more the are of the pitch we're looking to spend a lot of money on. Personally, I see it as being well down our list of priorities this window.

Agreed. Infact, if news broke that we were signing a Number 10, Holtby for example and Cleverley then I would be delighted.

[Toronto Villa]

I wonder how many supporters of other clubs would have been happy to be linked with Gareth Barry circa 2006? Sometimes a player needs a spark to their career, whether it be a new club or a new manager. 

Very apt.

True and I also compared Cleverley to being linked with Everton's Darron Gibson. If we had actually bid for him the thread would been just as this one is, and yet he's very popular up there. Sometimes players need a change, and when he was playing in the side that won the title, he looked a very tidy, promising player.

And the comparison to the Alonso deal is stupid. I suppose had Alonso been at the end of his contract and a free it would have even more funny.

[Holte L2]

I wonder how many supporters of other clubs would have been happy to be linked with Gareth Barry circa 2006? Sometimes a player needs a spark to their career, whether it be a new club or a new manager. 

Very good point.  Though I work with lots of United season ticket holders and they don't rate him either.

[ozzjim]

He is never going to play that role with so many of that type there though. Like Milner not playing through the middle at City.

[garyshawsknee]

I think he's quite a good player, energetic and tidyon the ball,  the thing that bothers me is that we don't have good enough coaches to make him a better player. If he went to Everton you would seem him come on a lot. If he comes here my fear is that he will level off, like Clark, Lowton and Westwood, Weimann have done.

[Chris Smith]

I think he's quite a good player, energetic and tidyon the ball,  the thing that bothers me is that we don't have good enough coaches to make him a better player. If he went to Everton you would seem him come on a lot. If he comes here my fear is that he will level off, like Clark, Lowton and Westwood, Weimann have done.

I would have thought Keane would be just the man. However, if what you say is true there is not much point buying anyone.