Joao Carvalho

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Carvalho has been done to death - I’m sure Hughton will want to have a look and make a decision. We will find out soon enough. I hope he gets a chance and it clicks for him…

That's the thing though it won't just click. He's got to want it and work much harder on the training ground and bang the managers door down if he's not in the team etc. Will he do that? I doubt it.

He's just got to be better at everything he does. The first couple of weeks of pre-season training will be massive for him. If he wants to come back and play for us again then he's got to impress at that time (assuming he's not got a first class ticket to the bomb squad). If he comes back in a malaise or he's not 100% fitness and attitude wise then it'll be curtains for him.

Oh and I've never understood why it's accepted that a player has to press his case with a manager to get played. Surely if you're good enough you'll get picked?