29-12-2019, 09:21 PM
Not seeking to defend Carvalho but just a few thoughts:
Injured, missed a good slug of pre season.
Has started just 2 matches this season in his preferred position ( Swansea & Stoke ) - all other appearances have been off the bench, out wide or playing alongside Silva.
Seems to me that the lad has just not got started this season for various reasons - we are, in my view, just not seeing the best of him.
Not sure that can happen unless or until he is given a run in the side playing centrally behind Grabban. Not going to happen - I suspect that ( regrettably ) we’ve seen the last of him in the garibaldi red.
Injured, missed a good slug of pre season.
Has started just 2 matches this season in his preferred position ( Swansea & Stoke ) - all other appearances have been off the bench, out wide or playing alongside Silva.
Seems to me that the lad has just not got started this season for various reasons - we are, in my view, just not seeing the best of him.
Not sure that can happen unless or until he is given a run in the side playing centrally behind Grabban. Not going to happen - I suspect that ( regrettably ) we’ve seen the last of him in the garibaldi red.