Scott Sinclair - now gone

[Dave]

Cleverley's 25? Or Sinclair? I was talking about Cleverley.

They're both 25

[peter w]

Who's 22 then? Wasn't somebody only 22 that played on saturday?

[peter w]

I'm starting to sound like an old idiot now (yes, yes...)

[peter w]

Oh, and apologies to all the other old idiots on here, no offence meant.

[paul_e]

Who's 22 then? Wasn't somebody only 22 that played on saturday?

Okore.

[peter w]

Ah. that'd be it.

[UK Redsox]

The last couple of pages have been classic...............

[Toronto Villa]

I'd sign him up now, get the deal in place.

Same here. We've got a manager in place who will let players express themselves in the final third. If Cleverley keeps his form up in the next few weeks I would also be getting onto his agent and trying to get him to sign with us in the summer. He suddenly is looking like a proper player. Plus he appears to just have a lot more gumption about him now. He's going into challenges, he's showing more aggression and he's not hiding in games.

You'd like to think that someone like Cleverley has the gumption to realise he is not good enough to make it with a top 4 club and that this is the best chance he is going to get outside of that to really shine for a big team at the next level down. He could really become a big star and get noticed again for the right reasons if that sinks in

He's about what? 22? he's played for Man U and England. Of course he thinks he's good enough to play for a top 4 club again and will back himself to make it. Under Lambert he was barely a Championship player. So far under Sherwood he has looked a decent Prem player.

25.

I'll hold my hand up and admit I was wrong on Sinclair, I expected him to have the half-arsed attitude he did at the Baggies but he seems to have realised that he can't afford to mess this chance up and really approached things with the right attitude, seems to be enjoying playing so I reckon he'd be very interested in staying long term and it's definitely the right thing to do if the £2.5m price is correct.

you wonder if starting a family, needing to settle down is a lot more important to him now. Take away the celebrity, and he'll be a dad like lots of us on here, and you know that moving around and being settled isn't exactly the best set for a new kid or mum for that matter. To me he looks happy and it's starting to show in his game. Sometimes people need to enter a new phase of life for a sense of maturity to kick in.

[dave.woodhall]

Maybe he knows that this is his last chance - his last four months in the Premier League before his career heads towards Blackburn, Huddersfield and Oldham, or a four year contract with us.

[brontebilly]

Sinclair's talent has never been in question but always the danger he could slip back into cruise mode. Definitely think we should wait a bit longer before handing out a four year contract. He didn't show up in two critical away games against Hull and Newcastle but was our best attacker at the weekend in fairness to him.

[aj2k77]

He will be an absolute bargain at £2m. The kid knows he made the wrong decision, has wasted at least 2 years of a short career and wants to make up for it. As for him having a bad attitude at the Albion, if I'd have been told I was doing a 12 month stretch in West Brom I'd be sulking like a baby too.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Sinclair's talent has never been in question but always the danger he could slip back into cruise mode. Definitely think we should wait a bit longer before handing out a four year contract. He didn't show up in two critical away games against Hull and Newcastle but was our best attacker at the weekend in fairness to him.

Agreed, definitely need to see more before commiting. Love his attitude and think he can only improve. Not wishing to take anything away from his performance on Saturday but he was up against a dodgy centre half trying to play full back.

[LeeB]

He will be an absolute bargain at £2m. The kid knows he made the wrong decision, has wasted at least 2 years of a short career and wants to make up for it. As for him having a bad attitude at the Albion, if I'd have been told I was doing a 12 month stretch in West Brom I'd be sulking like a baby too.

Exactly.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

He will be an absolute bargain at £2m. The kid knows he made the wrong decision, has wasted at least 2 years of a short career and wants to make up for it. As for him having a bad attitude at the Albion, if I'd have been told I was doing a 12 month stretch in West Brom I'd be sulking like a baby too.

Exactly.

Indeed. Every players ambition when signing for the Albion is to leave at the earliest possible opportunity.

[LeeB]

He will be an absolute bargain at £2m. The kid knows he made the wrong decision, has wasted at least 2 years of a short career and wants to make up for it. As for him having a bad attitude at the Albion, if I'd have been told I was doing a 12 month stretch in West Brom I'd be sulking like a baby too.

Exactly.

Indeed. Every players ambition when signing for the Albion is to leave at the earliest possible opportunity.

It even looks like somewhere you'd do a stretch.