Kevin Nolan

[Tooj]

any good manager would have half an eye on phasing a player like Nolan out of the side, imo, but not yet. For a relegation threatened side he is still a good character to have around and he contributes a lot of end product in a team that doesn't have much goal threat about it. Just got to make sure you can cover for his obvious limitations - ie poor movement - by having more mobile players alongside him/dropping Smith.

 

eventually at home in winnable games it'll be him and Barton playing behind Ben Arfa, while away it'll be Barton-Tiote/Smith in midfield, Nolan behind the striker and Ben Arfa challenging for a wide position. i don't usually think there is much in the claims that Hughton will never drop Smith/Shola/Butt etc but with Nolan i actually think it is true.

 

I wonder where Gosling's going to play. 

[sh74]

Kevin Nolan should be playing in the Championship.End of.

[tmonkey]

Kevin Nolan should be playing in the Championship.End of.

 

Au contraire, it's just the beginning of.

[EthiGeordie]

  Saw on the official club site official photo smith and Nolan beside CH there is no way he drop his favorite players.....

[Guest BooBoo]

I think regarding Gosling he was a classic commercial buy. Bought for nowt to make a tidy profit on. It's very difficult to think he was bought to play in the XI. Who's place is he going to take?

[EthiGeordie]

I think regarding Gosling he was a classic commercial buy. Bought for nowt to make a tidy profit on. It's very difficult to think he was bought to play in the XI. Who's place is he going to take?

 

I think he will be great player for us in due time may be not this season but he will be a good player. After Ben Arfa I think he is the best signing we made this summer.

[timnufc22]

I'm sure he didnt carry as much weight during most of his time at Bolton, like someone said, you'd think he'd make sure he was slimmer, or instructed to lose weight.

[Guest neesy111]

I'm sure he didnt carry as much weight during most of his time at Bolton, like someone said, you'd think he'd make sure he was slimmer, or instructed to lose weight.

Since when did this club tell players what to do off the field, can't remember a single time it has.  Shouldn't the club do a test on players like what West Ham did with McCarthy, would to see what his actual body fat is.  I'm guessing round the 20% mark which is far too high for a footballer.

[Gallowgate Toon]

After Hughton's recent comments about Ben Arfa it looks like we'll be starting Kev as a second striker for a little while yet with Hughton citing HBA's lack of English as a stumbling block.

[Guest neesy111]

After Hughton's recent comments about Ben Arfa it looks like we'll be starting Kev as a second striker for a little while yet with Hughton citing HBA's lack of English as a stumbling block.

 

Yeah I seen that.  I don't buy into that, good players don't usually face communication issues.  I seem to remember Robert fitting quite perfectly into the team when he joined.

[KaKa]

This man is very fat.

[BottledDog]

This man is very fat.

 

Cheeky sod! He's just big boned.

[Guest neesy111]

I wonder his body fat % is, i'm guessing around 15%.

[Dave]

Shouldn't the club do a test on players like what West Ham did with McCarthy, would to see what his actual body fat is.  I'm guessing round the 20% mark which is far too high for a footballer.

 

I wonder his body fat % is, i'm guessing around 15%.

 

Now that's a crash diet.

[Weezertron]

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/sep2010/7/9/kevin-nolan-363379764.jpg

 

Late 20s or early 50s?

[Guest neesy111]

Shouldn't the club do a test on players like what West Ham did with McCarthy, would to see what his actual body fat is.  I'm guessing round the 20% mark which is far too high for a footballer.

 

I wonder his body fat % is, i'm guessing around 15%.

 

Now that's a crash diet.

 

at myself.  But i'm just making a point, I'm wondering if the club does these test's.  Because it should be showing up that he's not in the shape he can be as a footballer/athlete.

[Keefaz]

Seems like he contributes a lot on the training ground and in the dressing room. Like it or not, he's our 'Mr. Newcastle' for the time-being. Not saying he's a great player, but he's a good captain for us at the minute.

[Shak]

He's only fucking 28?!

 

Jesus Christ, would have guessed he was 32 and thought there was no way he could still be in his 20's. How many years doeshe have left on his deal? Got to be at least until the end of next season. Depressing stuff.

[Neil]

Leon Osman's older than Kevin Nolan!?

[Keefaz]

28. Basically, prime midfielder age, eh?

[thewellander]

I would never have guessed that he's younger than I am. Jesus Christ.

[Village Idiot]

I used to dwell in a Bolton forum and they too complained about Nolan's fitness during his late years there.

[Guest BlacknWhiteArmy]

Is he actually "fat"? I can't really understand how he could be fat in all honesty

[Guest BlacknWhiteArmy]

He's only f***ing 28?!

 

Jesus Christ, would have guessed he was 32 and thought there was no way he could still be in his 20's. How many years doeshe have left on his deal? Got to be at least until the end of next season. Depressing stuff.

 

2013, his deal expires. According to .com

[Shak]

He'll surely have to retire before he's 32, must be the most physically spent 28 year old footballer I've ever seen.