He does start all the time though.
Funny like, I don't remember this fawning over him when he was at Sunderland, or a burning desire for such a great player to play for Newcastle. Everyone thought he was a bland clogger and chuckled at our quality in comparison to theirs.
Who's fawning over him? There are few people defending him because he gets over the top criticism/abuse on here. Thankfully it doesn't exist outside this forum.
That said I saw some places have him down as MOTM yesterday, which is equally absurd.
He shouldn't be in our starting 11 because we should be aiming higher but there is a place for him in our squad.
Exactly. Nobody is fawning over him at all.