Dont know if this has been posted yet. But just a few words from our tom about the criticism he is getting at the moment :-
Tom Cleverley determined to prove critics wrong after being made a 'scapegoat' at Manchester United
Interviewer told Cleverley about the questions put to Manchester United team-mate Michael Carrick during a Twitter forum organised by the club programme last week :
The first #askCarrick: “If you could drop one player from the team, how do you tell Cleverley?"
The second #askCarrick: “Do you watch Cleverley train to feel good about yourself?"
The third #askCarrick: “You can travel back in time. Do you kill Hitler or stop Cleverley being born?"
Tom Cleverley replied : “When I first started getting singled out, it stung, yeah," Cleverley says, “but it’s something you have got to learn to take when the team is not doing well.
“My job goes under the radar at times. I am not a player who’s going to beat three or four people and stick it in the top corner or go round tackling people like Roy Keane.
“I would like the fans on my side and it hurts a little bit when you have grown up at the club and love the club every bit as much as the supporters.
“But there are other people in the current United squad who have been through this kind of thing and they have made sure their quality shone through.
“I have got to look at those people. I have learned to take it with a pinch of salt and I’m sure it will make me stronger for the rest of my career.
“I feel I’ve been made a scapegoat a little bit. A few people in the media certainly seem to have a perception of me not doing much in the team.
“Don’t get me wrong, I know I can do better but people are making a big thing about how I don’t score enough goals when that is not necessarily my first job in the team."
"I watch Spanish football a lot. If they pass the ball sideways but keep possession, the fans clap them.
“Their attitude is that as long as you have got the ball, the other team can’t hurt you.
“I know the mentality is different here and that is what makes our game the best in the world because it is so intense.
“But sometimes I have got to not listen and play my game because I feel I’m doing the best thing for the team.
"My confidence has been a little bit low at times this season. There is not much worse for a player than getting it off his own fans.
“I don’t mind hearing stick off 19 of 20 Premier League clubs. But when it comes from your own fans, it hurts a little bit more.
“The fans at Old Trafford have been magnificent. It’s just background noise you can’t help hearing when you’re a United player.
“You have got to learn not to take it on board. You have to remind yourself you got yourself in this position through talent and hard work.
“My skin is a lot thicker now. I go into every game with a clearer head. You have just got to ride out the hard times.
“The history of this club is all about fighting back and I am absolutely determined that my future is here and that I will fight back with it."
Tom Cleverley
posted on 11/2/14
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posted on 11/2/14
TC "I am not a player who’s going to beat three or four people and stick it in the top corner or go round tackling people like Roy Keane."
Interviewer "... sorry to interupt Tom but exactly what DO you do then...??!"
TC........................."errrmmmmmmm........."
posted on 11/2/14
comment by Faranjiniho - eat, sleep, cross, repeat (U5318)
posted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
He needs to look across to Mersey side at Henderson for a good example.Henderson was slated by opposition and Liverpool fans alike but he has come on leaps and bounds this season. In fairness though Liverpool as a team are playing good football and have a manager that actually knows what football is.
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Completely agree with this. Under a manager who plays football on the ground, Cleverly would actually flourish. Even Fergie in his last few years adapted a brand of football that was just painful to watch, and then we landed with a manager who plays an even worse brand of football than what we were playing.
Liverpool and Everton have shown us this season what having a good manager does at the club. Sterling, Henderson and Allen were non-entities at the club before Rodgers. He introduced a brand of football that brought about the qualities these players possess.
Unfortunately, unless the club and fans realise that this is not the football they want their team to play, Moyes will be given all the time in the world.
posted on 11/2/14
Tom Cleverley is right in that the likes of iniesta and xavi do pass it sideways and keep posession but the big downfall of his argument is when the time is right, those players make killer, incisive passes to create chances.
Cleverley doesnt......
He is right in that if he is asked to stay disciplined and deep lying that he should do that however the top class deep lying midifielders protect the back four and stop attacks without leaving it to the last line.
Cleverley doesnt......
i've got nothing against the lad. A nice tidy player who could play well at the top level in the championship or bottom level of the premiership but hes too far off the quality thats needed. i would actually argue that Gibson actually had a little more to his game than Cleverley has and look at the stick he got!!
posted on 11/2/14
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posted on 11/2/14
Allen were non-entities at the club before Rodgers.
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Well considering Rodgers signed Allen, yes I will agree with this
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posted on 11/2/14
so he's told what he doesn't do not much of what he does do?
i mean if he can't evan list of some decent attributes of his own then he's in trouble
posted on 11/2/14
That is fekkin brilliant tom
I hope he stays strong and proves his doubters wrong
Some of us appreciate him. The chit he gets us unreal for me
Mind you, I've seen it a million times when one of our players has a lists in confidence. They don't get support, they get pizzed on
Carrick is the biggest example of the last few years and he rose to the challenge
Tom can do it too
posted on 11/2/14
Ffs I'm gonna stop using an ipad