Tom Cleverley

[ijjysmith]

I wasn't arguing about finances
You mentioned not paying 15/20 mil for some foreign winger
Yet people seem quite happy to pay have half that for Spurs's 3rd choice right winger
We payed 3mil for Mcgeady and he's dog [Poor language removed]
And who says cleverly will be free
All free transfers want signing on fees
That could be a mil or 2 and his 60k a week over 4yrs there another 12mil
With besic McCarthy Barry Barkley osman and ledson
That's more than enough cover
With no Europe

We didn't pay £3m for McGeady mate.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

We didn't pay £3m for McGeady mate.

How much was it then??
I thought it was between 2 and 3 mil

 

[FTY]

How much was it then??
I thought it was between 2 and 3 mil

It was less than 500k.

 

[ijjysmith]

How much was it then??
I thought it was between 2 and 3 mil

Less than a mill I was told ages ago.

Either way he's still utter plop.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

The news we all dreaded but expected.

Is The Guardian still reliable?

If it's from the Guardian's Rumour Mill section (haven't checked) it's just their (usually sarcastic) round up of the tabloid rumours.

 

[Hellerad]

Bookmarks all over this thread for when Cleverly turns into McCarthy 2.0.

 

[USABlue]

If it's from the Guardian's Rumour Mill section (haven't checked) it's just their (usually sarcastic) round up of the tabloid rumours.

article by andy hunter. being an american i have no idea if that makes it more or less reliable hah

 

[Jamo Martinez]

article by andy hunter. being an american i have no idea if that makes it more or less reliable hah

Being ignorant and forgetfull, I'm in the same boat as you mate. Think he may be a blue but I have a vague memory of him doing articles on both us and the rs.

 

[Jags..class]

Pmust be one of the few who will see him as a good signing. Gibson and Osman and Barry Will be finished in 12 months. He a good passer and got a good first touch, bags of energy and will get stuck in.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

He's exactly like Leon Osman except he never scores or provides assists or does any of the good stuff Ossie does. I think our fans are going to love him.

 

[Toffeelover]

Love that line, our transfer targets will be impressed that we are playing well, despite losing over a third of our games and therefore being poor tactically.

What sort of players are these then?

Oh Mate, it makes you wonder. So he is looking at 2 or 3 signings, one of which maybe, maybe not be Cleverley and young players coming through???

His other comments about keeping Gibson and Kone is recovering well does not give me optimism. Get this awful feeling with the way the season has gone and his pronouncements that he has us heading down a cul-de-sac, ala Wigan. RM is just not inspiring any confidence in me what so ever.

 

[USABlue]

Oh Mate, it makes you wonder. So he is looking at 2 or 3 signings, one of which maybe, maybe not be Cleverley and young players coming through???

His other comments about keeping Gibson and Kone is recovering well does not give me optimism. Get this awful feeling with the way the season has gone and his pronouncements that he has us heading down a cul-de-sac, ala Wigan. RM is just not inspiring any confidence in me what so ever.

people pay too much attention to the media. what is he going to say? "Gibson and Kone's careers are over and with us being in 12th and all who the eff is going to come here, we're crap"

 

[Toffeelover]

people pay too much attention to the media. what is he going to say? "Gibson and Kone's careers are over and with us being in 12th and all who the eff is going to come here, we're crap"

Should do as some one else said button it. Should keep quiet until he knows who to release and only say anything else when a player is actually signed.

 

[ijjysmith]

Should do as some one else said button it. Should keep quiet until he knows who to release and only say anything else when a player is actually signed.

That's the problem. He can't say nothing. He gets asked questions in pressers and that's that.

 

[USABlue]

Should do as some one else said button it. Should keep quiet until he knows who to release and only say anything else when a player is actually signed.

excpet managers have pressers every week so naturally they're going to be asked questions and he basically has "button it" as this is all he said in article:

One report recently claimed Cleverley has already decided on a move to Goodison but Martínez said: “No, that’s not true. Tom is a player I know really well. We know the positions that we need to strengthen in the summer. We’ve worked really hard since January to identify those targets but a lot of decisions will depend on how we perform in the last seven games. It’s going to be a very important end of season for us in order to allow us to make the right decisions for the summer.

“We have a group of players here who are focused on becoming successful with Everton so there are no problems keeping them. My focus is to make sure we bring in two or three players to step up a level and become stronger.”

he said pretty much what every manager says, we're focused on finishing the season than adding a few in the summer.