Listen 'ere young man
Jack Burkitt
TBH 13m for an unknown from a 2nd XI was always more about hope than expectation.
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João Carvalho
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GreeksBearingGifts
Stuart Pearce
According to a usually very trustworthy reporter with close ties to the club, Carvalho signed for only 1.5 years, i.e. for the duration of his contract with Forest. This means that there's no real faith in him. We're basically just taking over remaining transfer fees and his contract with you, plus the infamous "undisclosed fee".
Let's hope, for his sake, that he manages to turn things around over here.
Let's hope, for his sake, that he manages to turn things around over here.
Des Walker Texas Ranger
First Team Squad
Thankful I’m of an age that means I’m not part of the “best player I’ve ever seen play for Forest” brigade. My condolences to those of you that are. Goodbye Joao and good luck.
Magamar
First Team Squad
No, you’re crying 
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MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
If you're taking over remaining Benfica payments then the undisclosed bit will be £0.
18 months is long enough for him to do something at a club where's he's surrounded by better players and will get good off the ball movement. He only needs to do that well in ten games or so to warrant an extension or get sold on.
There must be right dross teams at the bottom of the Greek league he can play against to showcase that?
UnFrustratedRed
Grenville Morris
There were times when, playing for Karanka, he was spellbinding.
It's a shame that he never really adapted to championship football and I hope Greek football suits his style of play better.
Good luck Joao, thanks for the memories, there are some very good ones.
It's a shame that he never really adapted to championship football and I hope Greek football suits his style of play better.
Good luck Joao, thanks for the memories, there are some very good ones.
eyupmeduck
Geoff Thomas
Hope he does well, he has a great environment to try in with a manager of the same nationality who looks to have a real knack for polishing rough diamonds not to mention European football, in many ways he's fallen upwards but I do get the feeling that if he doesn't make an immediate impact then he will probably have his remaining year on his contract on loan at Aris.
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Good night, Sweet Prince.
Raymondo Ponte'
It's all about mid-table...
It was utter financial madness, that was all about the agent (****).
adam09
Super Koopa
I echo the sentiments about it being a shame. A young lad with some potential and ability, coming into a club which changed managers and players every 6-12 months. He could have maybe worked a bit harder at times but for whatever reasons he barely got a chance for the last 2 years.
He gave us some good moments and seems a nice lad but ultimately it's time to move on.
He gave us some good moments and seems a nice lad but ultimately it's time to move on.
adam09
Super Koopa
Oh yeah and having that ridiculous transfer price hanging from his neck constantly. There's no doubt to me it was to get in bed with Mendes and that went pretty horrendously.
chaospunx
Geoff Thomas
Not Joao's fault one bit and wish him all the best for the future he never sulked and always tried but the little flashes of brilliance were never going to be enough hopefully now we have Dane Murphy no ridiculous transfers like this will happen again think we all wanted it to work but it was never going too
It's Alf I feel sorry for.
He's starting to run out of people to blame.....
He's starting to run out of people to blame.....
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Don't let that worry you, he's still finding a way to blame Vrentzos for players signed this season.
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Grenville Morris
No he was a victim of the fact he wasn’t able to adapt in a professional environment. Truth is every training session will have been an opportunity for him to
Understand, develop and make an impact which he manifestly failed to do.
We can disagree all we like about his supposed ability, or lack of it but the facts are he didn’t have what it took. I wish him well too but I won’t be putting money on him making it.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Yes maybe he didn't do enough individually to make it work here but I am 100% certain the club didn't do enough to give him the chance to be a success either.
The team was built around him under Karanka and we were scoring for fun, as soon as he left the club our goal output pretty much halved for the next 2 years.
What's done is done but when you invest the money we did you have to back the player no matter what and we didn't.
justnotjase
Viv Anderson
With respect, I couldn't disagree more. I think this is very rose tinted. He was never anywhere near spellbinding in my book. Rarely much better than average.
Seems like a decent fella to be fair, so though I'm not overjoyed to see him move on, I'm not really that bothered either. I'd like everyone we sign to succeed, but obviously that won't happen. Wish him luck though.
MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
Figgy and Carvalho gone within a few days of each other. Light a candle for Alf. :sob:
adam09
Super Koopa
Some people are good at a certain thing, I don’t think everybody is ‘adaptable’. He can’t devlop pace, he’s not going to turn into a defender.
Same reason why McGugan was useless anywhere else on the pitch.
People like Chris Cohen, Ben Osborn, Jack Colback, Ryan Yates are all rounded and have a work ethic and desire you can’t really teach.
cheapseats
Grenville Morris
Rzar-I know I might sound like an angry man (I'm taking the therapy-honest) going on about this player but I found/find the idea that we build a team around anyone in the modern game bizarre. I mean Brennan is high quality but the last thing we need is to structure the team around him-if hes going to be really successful and reach his potential he has to be able to play right the way across the front line in various formations. Arter might argue that he was told the team would play a certain way around him as a midfield lynchpin when he came-whats the difference?. I see all this stuff about him being "sublime" (for 8 games) under Karanka and us not being fair to him and I don't understand it, or what people were watching. Ultimately as someone said higher up I think its because I've been lucky enough to watch some really good players over the years at our great club-players who frankly Carvalho wouldn't have been fit to lace their boots.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
Build is maybe the wrong word but set up to play to his strengths. It is what we are doing with Johnson at the minute.
I'm Red Till Dead
Stuart Pearce
I hope that he does well at Oly. Although he hasn't set the world on fire here, it has felt at times that we have held his career back.
GreeksBearingGifts
Stuart Pearce
At least I hope that he does better than the other two Portuguese players we got from you.
Mr. Blonde
Jack Burkitt
Figueiredo is still here