got the nod

The question at this point is whether or not they are capable of doing that or will spend most of their time on Fox News sucking up to the big boss, which is how they got the nod for their jobs in the first place.

In such a crowded field of talent under consideration, Walz got the nod not by default.

Uncapped Jamie Osborne was handed a debut in the first Test defeat to South Africa while it felt significant that, in the absence of Gibson-Park, it was Craig Casey and not Conor Murray who got the nod to start in Pretoria.

There will be justified claims that Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite should have got the nod ahead of Brighton central defender Lewis Dunk, but elsewhere Southgate has been ruthless and got it right.

Samsonov got the nod in place of Joseph Woll, who was ruled out prior to the game for what the team said was an injury he sustained in Game 6.