If he's fit then he has to play. He could just as easily get injured again coming on for the last 15 - 20 minutes as if he was to start.
It doesn't quite work like that - He hasn't played a full match for 6 months. You can't just throw him in to play a full game. His body needs to slowly but surely get re-adjusted to the strain of playing for 90 minutes. If he was thrown into that straight away his muscles wouldn't be able for it and the longer the game went on, the higher the risk of strains or tears would be.
It's Everton before Man Ure, isn't it? I wouldn't start him against Everton. Depending on how many minutes he gets in that, I dunno, I might chance him against the scum, but i'm sure Kenny's gonna be cautious with him. I'd rather be without him for the first hour of a game than be without him for the next 6 months.
It's just a shame the way the last 2 games have gone - in both we had the lead, at a time Kenny would have liked to bring him on, but it both games, it was a narrow lead and the opponents posed a possible threat. If they'd been more comfortable, there's no doubt he'd have got more minutes playing time in both.
He did look very sharp when he came on against Wolves. It was a nice reminder of what we've been missing out on - i'd almost forgotten!
