Tom Cleverley - Now signed for Everton

[richard moore]

Everton fans will have been used to Barry in midfield,
who was 10 times the player Cleverley will ever be

I give them 4 games into the new season before they are moaning their arses of

It's normally the first free kick given against them with that lot

[tomd2103]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/football/video-1189758/New-Everton-signing-Cleverley-scores-stunning-one-touch-goal.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Too soon, for free I would of liked him to stay but realistically going to EFC is a much better move for him, they on on the up and can beat any team on their day, he's made the right choice IMO.

We are going nowhere but backwards unless major investment is injected and most of us know that isn't likely until Randolph sells up.

On a side note, we all criticise players, but that snapshot of training just goes to show the pace of the game the top players operate at and the control they have in very tight spaces.

[ROBBO]

He was never our player so it can't be counted as a loss, we knew his first choice was Everton and that's where he's ended up.

[BC54 VFC]

Disappointed.  Not sure I would have paid £7m for him but on a free transfer, he would have been an excellent acquisition.

If we are in a similar position in August as we were last season, I would still take experienced players on loan regardless of how this has turned out.  We need to buy ourselves time in building the club up again.

This. I think he would have been a good permanent signing. Considering he had some of our unforgiving fans on his back from his first game I'm not unduly surprised. I thought he came good circa 4 games from the end of Lambert's reign and was consistently good until the last 3 games, when we fell apart as a team. Agree with omvf's last sentence as well.

[passitsideways]

That midfield at Everton looks a little logjammed: I assume Cleverley, McCarthy and Barkley will start for them, which leaves Barry, Osman, Gibson and Besic on the bench. Maybe Besic could be available? Looked good at the WC, but have no idea how he's gotten on at Everton.

[Ron Manager]

I wonder what the reaction on here would have been had he signed for us?

Even if he had played brilliantly in the last three games. Even if he had scored five goals in the Cup Final in a magnificent 5-4 win Clevereley would have still signed for Everton.......or Man City.....or Chelsea!!

[amfy]

I can't help thinking that we subconsciously knew this was coming when we decided his song should be the same tune as the 'f@@@ the Albion' one.

So simple to convert it now.

[Rico]

Five year contract! Glad we didn't sign him. Do Everton have their own version of the bomb squad? Five years for Benteke, yes, but it's one hell of a long contract for a player of Cleverley's ability.

[saunders_heroes]

I can't help thinking that we subconsciously knew this was coming when we decided his song should be the same tune as the 'f@@@ the Albion' one.

So simple to convert it now.

I know I might be in the minority but I really dislike that song whoever its sung about. I cringed when I heard it sung about Arsenal at Wembley last week as well. Surely we can do better than that? It's crass.

[amfy]

I certainly prefer us to sing about us too.

[Rico]

Agreed! Worst song ever in a long line of absolutely crap songs.

[Ads]

There is no point being upset about a 6 good game in 35 player. It's that sort of record which typifies why we are shit. As somebody else said, N'Zogbia is another example, although you're talking about 6 games in four seasons.

We need to purge ourselves of such garbage and the £70-90k a week they command collectively (no wonder Lerner fell out of love with the game, imagine if you were spunking your cash on such pap?), because they can be replaced, and given the low bar they've set, it won't be difficult.

[footyskillz]

Lambert convinced Delph and Benteke to stay on. Despite Sherwood bravado he couldn't entice cleverly. I think that shows some inexperience. Maybe Sherwood hammered clevs too much about getting forward, wasting his career and scoring goals. By all accounts footballers can be sensitive and it seems cleverly didn't 100% take to it all at villa which is a shame as its brought him an international call up

[JUAN PABLO]

I wonder what the reaction on here would have been had he signed for us?

On huge wages? On a five year contract?

[Ads]

Yes, the only manager, including Fergie, to wring anything out of him in the past four years, albeit briefly, upset his sensibilities by getting some end product out of him. Jesus.