Never really understood the clamour for him to get a go. Know a few Port Vale fans who said he was average there last season. Couldn’t get into a Chesterfield side that went down. League 2 is probably his level. Has always clearly been a back up even when Mapp was here.
IMHO, it's all about contingencies.
Clearly we're scrimping and cutting corners - and in the event of Dickie / Nelson losing form or health it's obvious the plan is to send Mousinho back to CB, thus scuppering one of the few decent personnel changes we've had this season so far. (I accept a DM is expected in but Mous is doing that particular job well enough, and we already have plenty of cover there too).
If there are going to be incomings then I think we're all happier, but we're just so painfully thin all over the squad just now, we're just one or two minor mishaps away from sinking without trace.
I think most of the wailing and gnashing of teeth is quite legitimately due to the club quite cynically cost-cutting when they were so vocal in their positive ambition less than twelve months ago.