Tom Cleverley - Now signed for Everton

[Steve67]

Cleverly, meh. So what, really? 90% anonymous and no doubt when he lines up against us next season, he will continue to be anonymous. Another Darren Gibson. I am more concerned that he doesn't want to stay but only as I worry about our ambitions.

[saunders_heroes]

Cleverley played his part in keeping us up so I'm disappointed he's going. If we were to go out and buy a player better than him then great but I have my doubts. I just hope we're not buying bargain basement players again because if we are its gonna be just the same as the last 5 seasons.

[SoccerHQ]

Decent form for last few months and that rare species of a Villa goalscoring central midfielder.

Still I can't say I'm devasted he won't be here next season as we always saw many anonymous games from him.

He's very much a confidence player and I don't see that changing. So if we'd hit a barren winter spell again he'd disappear.

I feel with Delph, Sanchez and Westwood we need more guile and creativity there so I very much hope the replacement has those qualities rather than another midfielder who runs around a lot.

[Matt Collins]

TC never wanted to be at Villa and epitomises everything that is wrong about PL footballers.

How's that then? It looks like he's signing for a manager that he's worked with before, that he clearly trusts for a club closer to his home that has better immediate prospects than us.

I'd rather he stay with Villa, but it's not like he's doing anything particularly horrendous by choosing not to.

Player has preference to go to one club permanently but ends up going to another on loan. Decent form before being very ropey. But always gives his all and never complains despite being played out of position. Scores crucial goals to save club from relegation and always seems delighted when team mates score

Then leaves for his preferred club

What a ****** eh?

[Matt Collins]

Fucking c*** bastard arse I've been censored!

Edit: is it only that word that gets censored?

Knob jockey. Fanny fidgeter. Cock muncher. Looks like it then

[edgysatsuma89]

TC never wanted to be at Villa and epitomises everything that is wrong about PL footballers.

How's that then? It looks like he's signing for a manager that he's worked with before, that he clearly trusts for a club closer to his home that has better immediate prospects than us.

I'd rather he stay with Villa, but it's not like he's doing anything particularly horrendous by choosing not to.

Player has preference to go to one club permanently but ends up going to another on loan. Decent form before being very ropey. But always gives his all and never complains despite being played out of position. Scores crucial goals to save club from relegation and always seems delighted when team mates score

Then leaves for his preferred club

What a c*** eh?

I agree, but was he played out of position? What is his position? He won't be an AM up there, so is he more of a DM? I don't see that either.

[footyskillz]

Craig Gardner 14/15 Steve Sidwell 13/14 fulham  have had better seasons than Cleveleys spell at villa. So players can perform in struggling teams cleverly rarely brought much to the table and unfortunately seemed lacking in his last few appearances in particular. Good luck to the guy but I don't expect any heights like fabulous delph to be met

[passitsideways]

TC never wanted to be at Villa and epitomises everything that is wrong about PL footballers.

How's that then? It looks like he's signing for a manager that he's worked with before, that he clearly trusts for a club closer to his home that has better immediate prospects than us.

I'd rather he stay with Villa, but it's not like he's doing anything particularly horrendous by choosing not to.

Player has preference to go to one club permanently but ends up going to another on loan. Decent form before being very ropey. But always gives his all and never complains despite being played out of position. Scores crucial goals to save club from relegation and always seems delighted when team mates score

Then leaves for his preferred club

What a c*** eh?

I agree, but was he played out of position? What is his position? He won't be an AM up there, so is he more of a DM? I don't see that either.

I think he got chucked out onto the left for a while. Also, I'd propose that "spending 90% of the game defending desperately" counts as playing out of position.

[Matt Collins]

He played quite a few games on the left or right around Xmas

[Mister E]

Craig Gardner 14/15 Steve Sidwell 13/14 fulham  have had better seasons than Cleveleys spell at villa. So players can perform in struggling teams cleverly rarely brought much to the table and unfortunately seemed lacking in his last few appearances in particular. Good luck to the guy but I don't expect any heights like fabulous delph to be met

not very well written, Villakicks, but this is probably your most sensible post ever.

[martin o`who??]

A good "Youtube" player, could compile an excellent 60 seconds of him but overall - no great loss. Anonymous in some games, a liability in others, we`ll survive.

[kippaxvilla2]

Loosely linked but I class our chances of improved fortunes next season based largely on what we do with the midfield.

Westwood for example is what I would class as a 'bellweather' player. Continue with him as a regular in the side and you're always going to lurking around the bottom six of the league.

Cleverley not the best player that will ever leave us.  But he showed he could be decent and is another player we are going to have to replace at a cost and at a standard that has to be convinced to join our ambitious club.

[Dr Butler]

Fucking c*** bastard arse I've been censored!

Edit: is it only that word that gets censored?

Knob jockey. Fanny fidgeter. Cock muncher. Looks like it then

I've never heard of any of these players....

[silhillvilla]

Seems Roy Keane got one thing right.

[richard moore]

Would you be that worried if he lined up against us next season for Everton? I certainly wouldn't. He had about half a dozen decent games for us, if that, amongst a sea of mediocrity and that's without counting all his awful displays for Man Utd