Valiant midfielder, Ashley Young, has showed signs that he still has enough Power in him to live up to the 'tag' of a crucial out-and-out winger at Manchester United.
The 31 year old Stevenage born midfielder scored two stunning goals on a rather cold Tuesday Night at the Vicarage Road and surprised the vast majority of the Old Trafford faithful.
Watching Ashley score both his goals from outside the box was a pure-heavenly experience and indicates that one need not go out of this world to experience it!
Truth be told, I enjoyed the luxury of watching the ex-Watford and Villa midfielder first hand in Watford and witness a stellar performance. However, Watford played extremely well in the last half an hour especially on the arrival of their captain, Troy Deeney after 8 weeks on the sideline. I'm sure the away fans didn't need any Bulldog Power Energy Drink to fuel their power but I'm sure a few cases might be consumed when they play their next opponent, Arsenal, at the Emirates on Saturday 2nd Dec 2017. KO at 1100hrs GMT.
To the blue half of Manchester, we have only thing for your weather forecast : - The Saints are coming! Mc-uh, More to Follow, Fellow Reds!
On Tuesday, 31/08/2010, we heard about the loan out of Tom Cleverley to Wigan Athletic, the youngest Premier League team after it's foundation in 1932.
But at the moment Tom Cleverly is blue at Wigan and be recalled in January, 2011
The move was pretty self-explanatory, the lad needed to gain some solid experience which would have never been achieved by staying at Manchester United where he only got the opportunity to represent the Reserves team. It had been impossible for him to break into the first team while the likes of Paul Scholes, Darren Fletcher, Jee Sung Park, Ryan Giggs, Nani and Michael Carrick were still there to handle the midfield. Hence, a move to Wigan Athletic was eyed as a great vision by the Basingtoke born, Tom Cleverley.
Sir Alex Ferguson has monitored the lad eversince he has moved to Wigan and feels he's ready to earn his place at United's first squad. Cleverley has mostly featured in the reserves team for the Lactics with only one first team appearance which happens to be his first Premier League game in his entire career.
When will Tom Cleverley be back to Manchester United? It's mostly likely going to be in January 2011 when the transfer window re-opens. As Sir Alex Ferguson said "We'll probably bring Tom back in January, he's going to be a great footballer and I really like him" says it all really.
Sir Alex added "I've heard the fans are starting to talk about Tom, and I think they're right to do that because he could very well be the next top player to come through the ranks."
Ferguson concluded "I felt it could be hard to give him enough football. I think five or six months on loan could really help him. He'll benefit from first-team football in the Premier League."
Perhaps this is Sir Alex's incentive to the young English midfielder who may as well be chosen for the England team soon enough, only if he's given the boost, only if he's given the experience.
Tom Cleverley scored twice in Manchester United pre-season tour to the United States of America, Mexico, Canada and Ireland.
Danny Welbeck was sent out to Sunderland on loan in the summer before Tom. However, there is no news about his return to United yet although we hope that it is before next season kick starts.
Tom Cleverley was marvellous at the Pre-season tour to North America and Mexico.
Tom Cleverley in action against Kansas Wizards, Kansas city.
Tom Cleverley's goal against MLS All-Stars, Houston, TX
William Thomas "Tom" Cleverley, who recently turned 21 two weeks back is ready to pump it up for United as he is determined to feature for the first team more often and hopefully cause a major difference.
The English midfielder cum emergency defender was bought by Man United 3 years ago in 2007. However, he was later sent on loan to Leicester City followed by Watford the following year. His era at Watford has been the most productive with 11 goals and a bit too silent with just 2 goals whilst at Leicester. He is definitely a decent player to hang onto, perhaps Sir Alex has realised this sooner or later after sho-eing off any further loan stories.
Tom Cleverly scored a couple of goals on the US pre-season tour which also featured a marvellous flick against the MLS all-stars when they were brutalised 5-2 in Houston, Texas.
Sir Alex has been eyeing this lad since his comeback from Watford where he scored many useful goals and also bagged the "Watford player of the Year" which is indeed pretty productive. He has also broke into the England U-21 team, obviously through his lovely goal scoring ability.
Cleverley stole the show last night with an impressive win over a second string 3-1 victory over local rivals Manchester City.
Speaking to MUTV, he said: "All I can do is keep playing to my top performance level when I play, whether it's for the Reserves or the first team. As long as I keep doing that, hopefully the manager will see I'm doing well and I'll get a couple of chances here and there.Any game against City is a big one, but in our squad tonight I think we had six internationals and six under-21 internationals or something silly like that, so there was added pressure there. "It was one of the strongest reserve teams ever. We didn't start badly, then they got the goal and we lost our momentum a little bit. But we got one in the first half, kicked on in the second, got a couple of good goals, and it's a good victory."
