I don't rate Baldock. He isn't shit as the goals he has scored have shown he has something but he just lacks quality. Quality in his movement, quality in his finishing and physical quality.

BUT the big difference between Baldock getting slack and Nolan getting a cunting (from me) is expectation.

1) because of the contract Nolan is on. Massive for a championship club.
2) because of what he has done in his career. He scored double figures in the premiership last year.

Surely its right to be expecting big things from Kevin Nolan ???

I have said many times in the pub and on here, if he scores 15 goals ths season, job done, expectation met. So i'll judge him at the end of the season.

I tell you what I do think is a load of shit is accredting this team spirit to him. Pulling together a fractious squad... what does that mean ? That is the managers job end of. Allardyce is very quick to tell us that he shipped out X and brought in Y, another 3 in Jan. He has had a massive say in that squad.

And all Nolan has to do pull the team together is to win them matches by scoring goals and playing well. And a game of paintball of course. You can't bond without paintball.