He's hardly been that good in a Villa shirt to warrant such adulation.
He's just capatained a side that won 5-1, their biggest win in over a year.
He's started 4 games this season, we've won all 4.
He can't get a game while no other midfielders in our team are excelling, It's not as if are midfielders are brilliant but we're not getting the results, none of our midfielders are putting in consistantly good performances, so surely he at least deserves a go to make a position his own, well I suppose he did last week but I suppose winning 5-1 and being captain just isn't enough
What else is he meant to do.
Stats can be manipulated to suit any argument. For instance, in the Blues game it wasn't till NRC was substituted that we scored the only goal of the game, so his contribution to that win is debatable. And that's just from the top of my head.
NRC isn't a bad player, but this adulation and hysterical calls for him to be picked is just baffling. He's done nothing in a Villa shirt to justify it.
I think that some Villa fans with an agenda are using it as a convenient stick to beat O'Neill with.
Its not adulation. Just from what I have seen this season the whole team functions better with him being there.
Simple as that.