Tom Cleverley loan watch

[curiousorange]

Never thought I'd say this but it's really important he's back Tuesday. He adds a bit of forward thinking to our midfield.

I'm not his biggest fan, but he seems like the least frantic choice. Tuesday will be a big game for our midfield, and him and Delph, if that's who Sherwood go with as holding midfielders, need to boss their opposite numbers. Barton is a thug who will be hyped up for this - calm heads and superior technique will be vital.

[Smirker]

We could get him on a free this summer couldn't we?

[supertom]

Westwood isn't good enough, and I think though Sanchez didn't do too badly today, he's always 10 minutes away from the ball and just too slow. Delph has to cover so much ground because Sanchez plays like the fat kid in a game of piggy in the middle.
Delph is far and away our best midfield player. Cleverley is second best and probably some way ahead of the others to be honest (at least since TS took over).

We've missed him in the last couple of games.

[saunders_heroes]

Is he fit for Tuesday?

[spangley1812]

Is he fit for Tuesday?

Is who fit...........

[Toronto Villa]

I hope we are able to keep Cleverley. Played really well again yesterday. He works hard and connects the play well. He's developing a good relationship with Delph too.

[Mortimer's Bear]

He's another example of Lamberts totally inept management, he's looking a very tidy player now alongside Delph.

[steffo]

If we could get Cleverley & Sinclair for 8m in total it would be great business.

[Dante Lavelli]

If we could get Cleverley & Sinclair for 8m in total it would be great business.

Isn't the Sinclair fee around 3m?  ...and Cleverly will be a free but on crazy wages.

[Toronto Villa]

It would be closer to 3m if Cleverley is on a free.

[Mortimer's Bear]

If we could get Cleverley & Sinclair for 8m in total it would be great business.

Isn't the Sinclair fee around 3m?  ...and Cleverly will be a free but on crazy wages.

Wages are not so much of a problem if there's no transfer fee.

[Dante Lavelli]

If we could get Cleverley & Sinclair for 8m in total it would be great business.

Isn't the Sinclair fee around 3m?  ...and Cleverly will be a free but on crazy wages.

Wages are not so much of a problem if there's no transfer fee.

Apart from the precedent that it sets with other players although clever accounting - signing on fees etc - can somewhat get around this risk.

[silhillvilla]

If we can sign cleverly it would be great, since sherwood arrived we have seen what TC can do, same with Sinclair, looks a very good player.

[Archie]

Under Lambert he looked as a pub player, but he is very improved in the last few games. He could form a good pair with Delph, defensive central midfielder Cleverley, box to box midfielder Delph. We need a third figure in the midfield with more pace and quality than Sanchez, that apart from 2 or 3 games in which was outstanding seems to play for the opponents for the quantity of balls that he loses.

[Risso]

I hope we can keep him.  He plays very well next to Delph, as they're both very versatile and can attack and break up play.