Tom Cleverley loan watch

[ChicagoLion]

I am not as against him as some seem to be. If we can get past the so called price tag which, lets face it no one knows what it is or will be.
Despite his recent poor performances I think he is a decent player, I am not really sure what he is being asked to do.

The system if you can call it that seems to make worse players of pretty much every body ahead of the defence.

[CJ]

Watched Cleverley closely today to make sure my opinion of him was valid, and again I didn't see anything that we haven't already got. He works hard but doesn't really offer anything in any department - from an attacking point of view or defensively. And he's crap at taking free kicks. I'll be disappointed if we buy him at all let alone for any significant sum of money.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

http://www.thetrainline.com/train-times/birmingham-new-street-to-manchester-piccadilly

[pauliewalnuts]

Maybe he needs a bit of time adjust. He wouldn't be the first signing ever to need that.

That's true, and with most signings, you cough up the cash and then hope he adjusts in time.

In this case, though, we've had a few months to see what he is actually like when playing for us, and even taking into account the "dragging him down to our level" factor, I haven't seen anything like enough to suggest he's worth signing.

Genuinely, I don't think I'd take him on a free.

He's like a midfield Weimann - works really hard, but that's just about it.

[claret and blue blood]

Rightly subbed today,his free kicks are poor and he's weak in the tackle,find myself having a go at Weimann only to realise it's Cleverly.We are missing Westwood badly whereas I couldn't care less if we signed him.

[SoccerHQ]

Let's be honest, he's no better than Sidwell really who costs us god knows what in wages.

The frightening thing is I think NRC had more to his game and could impact on matches more.

I still can see us signing him, incredibly average player though.

[ChicagoLion]

There have been games and periods of games where he has been effective, closing down, making himself available and moving the ball on quickly and usually accurately. There have been times when he has been poor I agree.
But when I compare to Weiman who lacks basic technical ability and Nzog who lacks physical and mental attitude I would rather have Cleverly in the team than those 2.
Do I think we should be paying lots of money for him ? no, but he is an OK footballer at this level which is more than can be said for a few in the team.

[silhillvilla]

Let's be honest, he is crap.

[richtheholtender]

We don't have the money to waste it on him, but we will.

[CT]

I watched him closely today too. Desperately ordinary.

I mean, he's not offering goals or assists. I'm not sure what exactly he is offering.

[wozwebs]

If we waste all of our transfer fund on him in January I'll be very pissed off. Not a bad player by any means but Westwood and even Richardson as good, if not better, than him.

[JUAN PABLO]

When was his last assist in premiership football.

Let Leicester have him.

[TonyD]

Not scored or made an assist in 16 games.  Mind you neither have most of them.

[rob_bridge]

Not for me. Not done enough.

[JUAN PABLO]

Not scored or made an assist in 16 games.  Mind you neither have most of them.

That's better than I thought . Sign him up