Dan L wrote:
You're watering down your opinion with every post Fred. And grossly underestimating the importance of leaders. I don't think anyone has him down as an automatic starter but I think he has a very important role to play in most games. I'd expect him to play more minutes than he misses. Song, Downing, Adrian and Carroll are the automatic starters for me.

Father Fred wrote:
I hope Nolan gets his 100th goal fucking soon. Give BFS another reason to rest him a bit more.
That was my first Nolan quote on this thread and I believe I am saying the same thing now.  A decent squad player who should not be playing as many minutes as he is right now.