Can't see why he'd drop Hourihane after Friday. Thought he did very well against Bolton. Some of those deliveries into the box were Beckhamesque.
Nothing against Barney but Hourihane offers so much more. Take him out and you're taking about 30% of our goals out of the team (scoring and assists).
I also thought he looked very good positionally in that holding midfield role. Ok, he's not going to crunch into tackles, but you don't have to be a Roy Keane to play that role if you're clever enough. Carrick wasn't a hard tackler. Neither was Barry. I could go on.