Tom Cleverley loan watch

[ozzjim]

He is John Major in Spitting image. Terribly grey. I admit I was pleased he came after seeing him for Wigan and Leicester, but he is just a plodder now, no guile or gut busting runs into the box. Shuffle shuffle. Snore. I don't see what he does that Gardner couldn't do for example. I would be annoyed if he signed, simply on the basis of his wages being about 50k a week or more.

[hilts_coolerking]

Yet another in a long line of former Man Utd players who, when sold to someone else, is revealed to be shite when not surrounded by top players.  See also: O'Shea, John.

He's also an example of a someone who gets a few games for England purely on the basis of being a Utd player.

[hilts_coolerking]

Whilst he may seem to be offering nothing, he's clearly pleasing the manager and doing good what's asked of him.

Perhaps under a different manager he'd be able to do the things we'd like.

True enough although the flipside of that is that under a different manager he may not get picked at all.

[Drummond]

Whilst he may seem to be offering nothing, he's clearly pleasing the manager and doing good what's asked of him.

Perhaps under a different manager he'd be able to do the things we'd like.

True enough although the flipside of that is that under a different manager he may not get picked at all.

Absolutely.

He stood out at Wigan, signed for Man Utd, England beckoned and then nothing.

I'm not bothered either way, but it's hard to pick fault with individuals at the moment when the collective and direction from the top is so poor and uninspiring.

[Hookeysmith]

Yet another in a long line of former Man Utd players who, when sold to someone else, is revealed to be shite when not surrounded by top players.  See also: O'Shea, John.

He's also an example of a someone who gets a few games for England purely on the basis of being a Utd player.

Hear hear, my thoughts exactly add to that list Wes Orange, Luke Chadwick, The shit twin of Raphael et al

[peter w]

Whilst he may seem to be offering nothing, he's clearly pleasing the manager and doing good what's asked of him.

Perhaps under a different manager he'd be able to do the things we'd like.

True enough although the flipside of that is that under a different manager he may not get picked at all.

Absolutely.

He stood out at Wigan, signed for Man Utd, England beckoned and then nothing.

I'm not bothered either way, but it's hard to pick fault with individuals at the moment when the collective and direction from the top is so poor and uninspiring.

This is what I think. its telling that we never seem to have any midfielders breaking into the box when we attack. Cleverley, Westwood, Sanchez, and Delph surely all can't have the inability to move further forward and press defenders? I think there is more to Cleverley but that he's hamstrung by tactics at the moment.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Any truth that he's off to Everton?

[PeterWithesShin]

Daily Star

The Manchester United midfielder is on a season-long loan at Villa Park after being told he has no long-term future at Old Trafford.

The England star has made 17 appearances for Paul Lambert's men this season, with Villa keen to make the deal full-time in June.

Villa are willing to meet United's £7m asking price, but Starsport understands the 25-year-old will snub the Midlands outfit because he wants to go to the Toffees.

Goodison Park boss Roberto Martinez is a long time admirer of Cleverley and is desperate to add him to his squad in the summer.

Martinez is bracing himself for the loss of rising star Ross Barkley, who is a summer target of Premier League champions Manchester City.

The big-spenders are confident of landing Barkley in a £40m deal and Martinez will use some of the funds to lure Cleverley to Merseyside.

[SoccerHQ]

Yet another in a long line of former Man Utd players who, when sold to someone else, is revealed to be shite when not surrounded by top players.  See also: O'Shea, John.

He's also an example of a someone who gets a few games for England purely on the basis of being a Utd player.

Hear hear, my thoughts exactly add to that list Wes Orange, Luke Chadwick, The shit twin of Raphael et al

The most obvious one to me was Nicky Butt, regular in the SHA and Newcastle teams that were relegated.

[ciggiesnbeer]

If he wants to take the step down to Everton from Villa because he likes the manager then fair play.

If he stays, fine. if he goes fine. Decent player, but there are plenty of decent players out there we could get for midfield.

[Goldie.7]

Any truth that he's off to Everton?

Fingers crossed.

[Steve67]

If he doesn't want to sign then send him back to rot in United's reserves if he's not committed to Villa.  He adds nothing to this squad except another number. Even if he wants to stay, I wouldn't spend much on him.

[pauliewalnuts]

Any truth that he's off to Everton?

Fingers crossed.

Too right.

He's utterly unremarkable.

[hilts_coolerking]

He did nothing at Man Utd, he did nothing for England and he's doing nothing for us.  There's a pattern emerging there.  Off you pop.

[tomd2103]

Daily Star

The Manchester United midfielder is on a season-long loan at Villa Park after being told he has no long-term future at Old Trafford.

The England star has made 17 appearances for Paul Lambert's men this season, with Villa keen to make the deal full-time in June.

Villa are willing to meet United's £7m asking price, but Starsport understands the 25-year-old will snub the Midlands outfit because he wants to go to the Toffees.

Goodison Park boss Roberto Martinez is a long time admirer of Cleverley and is desperate to add him to his squad in the summer.

Martinez is bracing himself for the loss of rising star Ross Barkley, who is a summer target of Premier League champions Manchester City.

The big-spenders are confident of landing Barkley in a £40m deal and Martinez will use some of the funds to lure Cleverley to Merseyside.

I would say there is a decent chance Martinez won't be at Everton in the summer anyway.  We'd be way better off investing the £7m and I'd imagine considerable wages elsewhere.