Making Nolan captain wasn't the issue. He made Butt captain, but minimised his playing time and as a result he started only a small percentage of games. It's the refusal to drop Nolan despite his form being shite and how he's rarely substituted despite being the prime example of what a '60 minute player' is.
I bet I'm not the only one who wishes we won 4-0 against Villa with Nolan fluffing his two goal chances - maybe then he'd be out of the team by now and we'd be a few points stronger as a result.