Tom Cleverley loan watch

[Dante Lavelli]

There's a video of the team after the semi.  Watch that and you'd definitely put your money on him choosing Villa over Everton.
I think he is worth a bit of a punt, wages wise, because at United he had that buzzing intensity and some of Carrick's vision.  Not to mention we will have Europe to worry about.

I'm guessing he might be a confidence player - due to the difference between his high/low period - which means Sherwood could be perfect for him.

[Randy Gurner]

There's a video of the team after the semi.  Watch that and you'd definitely put your money on him choosing Villa over Everton.

Do you have a link?

[Risso]

I absolutely hope we keep him, he's been superb.  In him, Benteke and Delph we have the spine of a very good team.

[Dante Lavelli]

There's a video of the team after the semi.  Watch that and you'd definitely put your money on him choosing Villa over Everton.

Do you have a link?

No.  I think it was on the videos and photos from wembley thread, possibly even via the official site.

[Dante Lavelli]

Benteke and Delph we have the spine of a very good team.

+ Guzan
+ Clark

[ciggiesnbeer]

Just watched the game again. Amazing how much Cleverly wanted and was involved in the game. Sometimes endearingly so. In the first half there was a spell where he was doing give & go's one after another and then chasing down loose balls, at one point he passed the ball 4 yards to Delph who passed it to grealish, the whole time Cleverly is there screaming at them both with his hands pointing to his feet wanting the ball back like that kid on the playground who is just discovering he is actually good at the game and wants the ball ALL the time.

Great to see.

[Jim Shoes]

I owe Tom Cleverley an apology big time, under Lambert I couldn't see anything in him but since Sherwood has taken over he has proved to me that I know sweet fuck all about football. Well done TC I hope you will forgive me (and many others) and sign for Aston Villa.

[ROBBO]

It all comes down to will we have different backers next season and how much money they are prepared to spend. Benteke will be in great demand and can ask for big money, cleverly less so but still a sizeable amount, just glad we have Delph signed up.

[KRS]

I wonder if team spirit will have any influence over each of their decisions...I see a great team spirit and togetherness building within this squad, and it would be a shame to lose any of that if a few of the dressing room characters left at this stage. The coverage of the dressing room celebrations could actually be the catalyst for the start of building something special under Tim Sherwood.

[Gregorys Boy]

Will be honest I am not a big Cleverley fan, but I am more open to keeping him now than I would have been a few weeks ago.  Long term is a different matter of course and I think we should still be looking for better.

[JD]

I saw some fact today somewhere that he made more interceptions than Plops middle 3 put together, top performance.

That's why he is important. Like Petrov was, you don't appreciate this type of player until they aren't playing.

[Gregorys Boy]

I saw some fact today somewhere that he made more interceptions than Plops middle 3 put together, top performance.

That's why he is important. Like Petrov was, you don't appreciate this type of player until they aren't playing.

Yes, but you can say that now because it has become more true over the last few weeks. But we need to be that important consistently.  If we keep him next season then that will be the real test.

[Monty]

I kind of love him now. Beforehand, he was the epitome of our combination of worthy effort and total ineffectiveness - it was genuinely dispiriting to see his name in the team at 2pm every Saturday. Now, all that effort is paying off. He never stops running, he retains the ball really well, he's always available for the pass and he's always looking to do something positive. Delighted with him recently - let's hope he keeps it up.

[LeeB]

I love how he couldn't contain his joy at Delph's goal, he breaks off from the team to celebrate with the fans.

That's a really positive image, from a player we don't even own.

[Villa in Denmark]

I kind of love him now. Beforehand, he was the epitome of our combination of worthy effort and total ineffectiveness - it was genuinely dispiriting to see his name in the team at 2pm every Saturday. Now, all that effort is paying off. He never stops running, he retains the ball really well, he's always available for the pass and he's always looking to do something positive. Delighted with him recently - let's hope he keeps it up.

Across the entire midfield, regardless of who's playing or what formation, that's been the most noticeable change over the last few weeks.  If you look back at the last few games under Lambert, everyone was bemoaning the lack of movement and the sideways, sideways back to keeper, hoof was driving everyone mad.

The difference has been most noticeable in Cleverley, partly because his industry is now more noticeable as the attacking intentions require that level of effort and hard work to cover the gaps and mop up break aways before they have chance to get very far.

The work rate and fitness levels of him and Delph are vital too the way we're playing these days. Long may it continue.