Tom Cleverley - Now signed for Everton

[Phil from the upper holte]

Also I saw an interview where he said it would be hard to leave? what happened?

[ozzjim]

Everton offered him a 5 year deal on 50 plus a week with a fat signing on fee I would presume. I don't really get the disappointment about him going. If he had been in the best 3-4 players over the season and scored 8-10 goals etc, then I would. But out of 38 games in a good 25-30 he was pretty poor.

[passitsideways]

I'm not really convinced by the "oh, he only had a handful of decent games anyway" logic given how they pretty much all took place after Sherwood took over. Yeah, he finished the season with a few stinkers, and you can't throw out absolutely everything pre-Sherwood, but I think everything after the managerial switch is far more relevant.

[OzVilla]

As far as this group of players are concerned, our season started when TS arrived.  I judge them under his stewardship as I think things had got so bad under Lambert you could have had Messi, Ronaldo and Robben leading the line and we'd till have looked useless.

He sucked the life out of everyone and it showed at every level of performance you can possibly measure.

[alan_clarke]

What do we think Delph earns weekly?

[TimTheVillain]

I'd go for Shelvey at Swansea.

I am aware of all the counter arguments - he's often injured : Swansea are in a better place than us at the mo : he is bald etc, ( lol) but he is a hard man in midfield who can score goals.

[Malandro]

I'd go for Shelvey at Swansea.

I am aware of all the counter arguments - he's often injured : Swansea are in a better place than us at the mo : he is bald etc, ( lol) but he is a hard man in midfield who can score goals.

You are right, Swansea are in a better position than us.

I don't foresee any change unless Randy sells.

[thegreatdane]

Delphs on about 40k

[olaftab]

Times reporting he'll sign for Everton this week. 5 year deal

A bit like pissing down your leg!
Everton can rejoice in picking up a player for nothing to pay for transfer fee after that they have a big problem on their hands for 5 years. Good luck to them.

[in exile]

Is it possible that Cleverly was/is one of the players told to find a new club?

[Malandro]

Times reporting he'll sign for Everton this week. 5 year deal

A bit like pissing down your leg!
Everton can rejoice in picking up a player for nothing to pay for transfer fee after that they have a big problem on their hands for 5 years. Good luck to them.

Depends if you think pissing down your leg is a good idea at any time!

[silhillvilla]

Is it possible that Cleverly was/is one of the players told to find a new club?

It's possible. Signing him would have taken a big slice of the budget and maybe TS didn't think he was good enough. He's been shite last 3 games .

[PeterWithesShin]

Meh. Looked good-very good in a few games, looked shit in most. If he doesn't want to stay, fuck him.

[silhillvilla]

This deal must have been brewing for weeks / months ?? In which case why play him in the final when he'd been shite the previous 2 games.

[ozzjim]

Meh. Looked good-very good in a few games, looked shit in most. If he doesn't want to stay, fuck him.

Succinct and spot on. Hardly any on here wanted him, he was for at least 80% of the games he played utter crap, and now there is sadness to see him go.

I hope that we get taken over, and Cleverley becomes a symbol of the poor standard of player that was symptomatic of finishing 17th in the table.