Tom Cleverley

eurosrees · October 15, 2016

Even in a world where the Uk voted for brexit, and the US might vote a sex pest to be their leader, the fact that Tom Cleverly still gets a game for a premiership team seems mental.

Woolly Blue · October 15, 2016

eurosrees said:
Even in a world where the Uk voted for brexit, and the US might vote a sex pest to be their leader, the fact that Tom Cleverly still gets a game for a premiership team seems mental.

Played in 44 games in two seasons under Red Nose at United and won a Premier League medal. Admittedly a lot of those appearances were off the bench but Ferguson, Martinez and now Koeman all see something in him which warrants a place in the squad and minutes on the pitch.

I think it's just become fashionable amongst Blues to say Cleverley's awful, when he's plainly not.

*shrugs

steele · October 15, 2016

Not the most gifted player, but always runs his socks off. Koeman likes,

Sapie88 · October 15, 2016

Woolly Blue said:
Played in 44 games in two seasons under Red Nose at United and won a Premier League medal. Admittedly a lot of those appearances were off the bench but Ferguson, Martinez and now Koeman all see something in him which warrants a place in the squad and minutes on the pitch.

I think it's just become fashionable amongst Blues to say Cleverley's awful, when he's plainly not.

*shrugs

He's turd Wolly, stop being a wum x

Jacko93 · October 15, 2016

Every time he gets the ball he opens himself up to play forward. I dont mind Cleverly in all honesty. Yes, we should have better, but hes not our worst player.

Woolly Blue · October 15, 2016

Sapie88 said:
He's turd Wolly, stop being a wum x

Honestly, he played well today and was decent against Palace.

He's been bloody awful for us some times, and if everyone else is fit and in form, then he shouldn't be a regular starter, but if he hadn't been signed by Martinez, was dog ugly as opposed to being a bit of a pretty boy, didn't have a drop dead gorgeous missus and wasn't paid a fortune for kicking a ball about then I don't think we'd see quite so much obvious jealousy.

If he plays against Burnley and is poor then I'll be in this thread saying so, but I'm not going to sl@g him off when he's played well just become some biffs* on the internet think it's trendy to do so.

*I'm not totally sure what a biff is, but I like the sound of it so I'm going to start using it.

Carlito · October 15, 2016

I'm absolutely of the opinion that he's a nothing player, but the fact that he's picked on the basis of knowing how to fill space is a terrible indictment on others that people think should be playing ahead of him.

allen · October 15, 2016

Easy target of lazy critics.

He's not great, but he's not terrible.

onlyme · October 15, 2016

He's the football equivalent to beige

edge · October 16, 2016

He points better than anybody else in the squad, just an average player playing average,

Southern Yankee toffee · October 16, 2016

edge said:
He points better than anybody else in the squad, just an average player playing average,

Or a player who was in the middle of the pack in a game involving two of the best teams in the world. Like it was said earlier, Cleverly is a player that gets picked on for no reason other than his name isn't Gerard Deulofeo,

royvernon39 · October 16, 2016

EFC were battered in the first half yesterday in midfield yesterday and really it is little surprise
because City have two top creative midfielders in De Bruyere and Silva, Cleverly is a free-transfer who
is not in the same class and who will be up-graded in time. Cleverley is not gifted in any sense,
has little pace,has no dribbling skills etc but he does run around and back up. Unlike Ross Barkley say.

But yesterday he contributed to a great away point at a team who is miles better.

edge · October 16, 2016

Southern Yankee toffee said:
Or a player who was in the middle of the pack in a game involving two of the best teams in the world. Like it was said earlier, Cleverly is a player that gets picked on for no reason other than his name isn't Gerard Deulofeo,

He was rubbish , ok lets get back to Cleverly he is a squad player , not good enough for the first team if we really want to kick on, not as bad as some say just average like I said.

turner · October 16, 2016

Woolly Blue said:
Honestly, he played well today and was decent against Palace.

He's been bloody awful for us some times, and if everyone else is fit and in form, then he shouldn't be a regular starter, but if he hadn't been signed by Martinez, was dog ugly as opposed to being a bit of a pretty boy, didn't have a drop dead gorgeous missus and wasn't paid a fortune for kicking a ball about then I don't think we'd see quite so much obvious jealousy.

If he plays against Burnley and is poor then I'll be in this thread saying so, but I'm not going to sl@g him off when he's played well just become some biffs* on the internet think it's trendy to do so.

*I'm not totally sure what a biff is, but I like the sound of it so I'm going to start using it.

You're making it worse! I wouldn't want you as my lawyer. ' yeah, sure my client is a nazi, and yeah maybe he's got a bit of child porn on his computer and, of course in an ideal world he'd have been isolated from birth for the good of society......but he does knock up a mean Victoria sponge so can he go free please?

joseph · October 16, 2016

Another squad player. Not the worst and will have his uses over a long season, but not a player to take us forward. The January transfer window can't come quickly enough.