Tom Cleverley | 2011/12 Performances
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The touch he takes to set himself up for a shot at 4:40 is marvelous. Very quick thinking.
Excellent. His confidence must be sky high right now.
That is brilliant news. But he will most likely be an unused sub or worse.
Worse?
He's the player I've been most impressed from yesterdays match (I know, nothing new there). The talent is obviously there, but the difference between him and some other young talented player is his confidence IMO. He's confident enough to take ball to the tight spaces, don't play something we call in Croatia "alibi passes", meaning he won't give ball to the first player that's available, mostly that's defenders, just to play safe pass, but he's trying to get ball forward and always makes himself available for the pass back. Also he's is small sized, but that doesn't affect his tackling and has great energy running around making things to happen instead of waiting them to happen. Really like what I saw from him yesterday and hope he builds from there.
I like the way he seems to play simple, quick passes that aren't necesarily the easy way out but the sensible way out.
And that he can use both feet.
And that he can use both feet.
It's a good start but only that. The game was set up for his positive approach. We were 2 goals down having to go on the attack and City were happy to sit back letting us have possession.
At times both Cleverly and Anderson were bombing forward and left huge gaps in front of the centrebacks. His all action display worked as it was for 45 mins I doubt he could repat that for the full 90 mins week in week out. Wasn't it said about Fletcher the way he plays he just tires himself out so can't continue playing at the high tempo week in week out.
I would like to see how he plays when we are on the back foot.
At times both Cleverly and Anderson were bombing forward and left huge gaps in front of the centrebacks. His all action display worked as it was for 45 mins I doubt he could repat that for the full 90 mins week in week out. Wasn't it said about Fletcher the way he plays he just tires himself out so can't continue playing at the high tempo week in week out.
I would like to see how he plays when we are on the back foot.
Errmmm at 2-0 down we were on the backfoot
Congrats on the England call
No we wern't. We played the whole of that second half going forward. We may have been behind in terms of the scoreline, but while Tom was on the pitch we were never on the backfoot.
You're location explains alot.
In terms of goals not in terms of play.
Pre-season friendly. Barcelona vs United.
They tracked back too
Glad to hear he has been called up for England. Recognition!
I think onto a more salient point. In which formation is he best? in a two man midfield or a three man midfield?
Why didn't Wigan use him more as a CM (I asked the question yesterday but had no answer) ?
I read that they badly needed wingers so he had to play there
----------Hart
Johnson---Smalling--Jones--Gibbs
------------Rodwell------
----Cleverley------Wilshere
Johnson---------------Young
------------Rooney
Not a bad team for the future (If you can replace Johnson with someone half decent)
Johnson---Smalling--Jones--Gibbs
------------Rodwell------
----Cleverley------Wilshere
Johnson---------------Young
------------Rooney
Not a bad team for the future (If you can replace Johnson with someone half decent)
Not a bad team, and no doubt better players will come about in the future that will be better than Johnson and Rodwell
You must have missed it, Chief replied almost staright away with the same answer as Escobar!
Lovely performance from the lad.
Impressed. Hardly gave the ball away.
Impressed. Hardly gave the ball away.
if i am the england manager i would probably try something like this
----------------------hart----------------------
smalling------ferdinand------terry----------a.cole
johnson------wilshere-------cleverley--------young
-------------rooney---------welbeck-------------
----------------------hart----------------------
smalling------ferdinand------terry----------a.cole
johnson------wilshere-------cleverley--------young
-------------rooney---------welbeck-------------
Lets hope he can keep this momentum into the season proper
Thats a good point, England struggle for a solid RB and Smalling is playing so well at RB at the moment
Yeah and they probably would get raped.
england have been raped since 1966. nothing new.
I don't think they would.
Well if you are getting raped for so long, then you do something to try and change that situation. You don't just lie down, ignore everything and keep getting killed all the time.
There is absolutely no help defensively from the midfield. One is a playmaker and the other is an attacking mid.
Hart
Smalling--------Rio---------Terry--------Cole
Carrick/Huddlestone-----Wilshere
Johnson--------------Cleverley---------------Young
Rooney
Smalling--------Rio---------Terry--------Cole
Carrick/Huddlestone-----Wilshere
Johnson--------------Cleverley---------------Young
Rooney
For too long, England have relied on overpaid prima-donnas who can't transform their club form into their international team (namely Gerrard). You'd be surprised what young, hungry and fresh players can do. They may lose, but I don't think they'd get raped.
If you're saying about a defensive minded person in the midfield, then Jones would be in contention surely.
Maybe but there is no way they could keep Sneidjer, Van der Vaart and De Jong quiet.
You must have missed it, Chief replied almost staright away with the same answer as Escobar!
I did indeed.Thank you
Is De Jong a player likely to score or create ?
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