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Walsall midfielder Isaac Hutchinson urged to keep believing

Michael Flynn has urged Isaac Hutchinson to keep believing after the midfielder finally opened his Walsall account.

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Hutchinson bagged his first goal for the Saddlers in last weekend’s 3-1 win over Wimbledon and also laid on an assist for team-mate Tom Knowles to can an impressive all-round display.

Flynn believes the 22-year-old is destined for a big future but wants him to now maintain the same standards he showed against the Dons.

“Isaac is going to be a very good player,” said the boss. “As soon as he realises he has to have that same conviction game-in, game-out. I am hoping he grows into it.

“You see his run off the throw-in, when he set up Tom Knowles. He has burst in there and left them for dead. He has gone for it. There was no-one catching him and he has done really well. That is what we mean by showing conviction.”