Have heard from a reliable source that this lad has declared. Is he worth his place on the team? I think he is a similar player to Green, only a lot better.
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Have heard from a reliable source that this lad has declared. Is he worth his place on the team? I think he is a similar player to Green, only a lot better.
Usual arguments aside, that is some coup. Instantly improves the midfield options.
Any links on this? :D
Would be great if true
How reliable a source? This would be a nice coup for Trap after Clark and Maguire.
If true, that's great news!
McCarthy, Maguire, Gibson - three midfielders that play regularly and have their best years ahead of them.
Mark Noble is far better than Paul Green!
I'd be very happy if this news is true.
Very much Green's superior. He's been in the West Ham first team for a fair ol' while. Former England U21 captain who had the audacity to score two against us. ;)
I'm very surprised by this tbh, assuming it's true.
He'd walk into our current midfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Would be over the moon with this, he's good strike on him as well. Would walk into the team.
Does he have Irish parentage ? Not heard of him in the context of that before. Btw, he can hit a decent penalty and free kick.
I'd be very surprised if this is true. He scored twice against us in Cork I think. Very good player, but this one wouldn't sit too well with me. Just instinct, not a rational argument really. Clark's "lineage" is very Irish, I think Noble's is a bit along the Andy Townsend lines.
Funny, I just met a bloke from Walkinstown in Whitstable, Kent, where I'm spending a few days. Our kids were in the local playground. His 5 year old is a good ball player and wants to play for England despite waering an Irish track suit top. I nearly put in a hard tackle on him but thought against it.
Timing is everything and it is better to get those tackles in early !Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Very interesting if true! Drummerboy, please, a little more info! You can't leave it at that!Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Bit of a surprise that if true. In a poor team at West ham he usuallys plays well. Much better player than Green or Whelan.
I'd be surprised if this is true. I think he's good enough to challenge for an England place when Lampard and Gerrard retire and I'd imagine he knows it too.
Exactly what I was thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Not too long ago this guy was captaining the England u21's (He's still only 23) and tipped/expected to progress to the full side. I would also have thought he'd be in the Jaime 'Fabio! Fabio!' O'Hara mold when it comes to patiently waiting.
Then again I also said Duffy and Clark wouldn't declare and look where that got us. Three on the bounce might just be the making of me.
would be gobsmacked if this was true. I rememeber seeing pics of him in tears when England u21s were beaten in the Euros few years ago. He always came across as being very very english
Well he would be if it's just his granny who's Irish.
Would be very surprised if this is true as well but lets just wait and see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
I know what your saying Stutts and normally id agree with you. But are his links any less tenable than Greens?
I'd also be surprised if this one were true, and its a tricky one if it is, he was the fulcrum of Englands midfield at under 21 level until recently and although there was an awareness of him qualifying to represent us, I never got the feeling it was in any way likely that he would switch. Apart form that, he was long spoken of as a guy who would graduate to the full England side in time.
Has his career stalled to the extent that he has given up on playing for England? I'd doubt it, my feeling is its still a possibility, so therefore, why switch now? And as usual in these cases, would we want him if thats the only motivation to switch? Unless of course his green roots were far stronger than revealed up to now, but in those circumstances, why not declare earlier?
Does anyone know how exactly he qualifies for us? Thats key for me here, if there turns out to be substance to this.
But in purely footballing terms, he would go straight in our 11, never mind our squad, a lovely footballer, and reassuring in a way if Trap is agressively pursuing these options, as it means he doesnt want to see a guy as plainly willing but outclassed at the level as Green has been any more than we do, I'd hope.
Being English wouldn't necessarily cancel out any Irish ancestry he might also have.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Would be surprised if he's eligible and amazed if he declared, based purely on my W.Ham mate who's 'rank' Ingerland but knows his stuff.
According to a link on Wikipedia, he is eligible, based on a report in the Lancs Evening Post last year....along with Preston's Andy Lonergan and two fellows by the name of Nolan & O'Hara!!
Well Lonergan was in an Irish underage squad, so there is a reasonable chance he is eligible.
drummerboy, what's your source? :confused:
I can't tell you who it was, but trust me its very reliableQuote:
Originally Posted by TrapAPony
I appreciate that, but is there any more detail you could provide without compromising the source? for example, the reasoning behind the switch? When this was instigted and when we may expect to see something official? Who pursued who, I mean did Noble make first contact ?Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
also, how exactly does he qualify?
So given your confidence in your source DB, do you reckon that we might hear some news in the coming days/weeks? Or do you think that its still at bit up in the air? Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
That second part made me laugh stutts, is the first part a result of the second part in this case?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Not sure why it hasn't already been announced unless they are waiting for the next squad announcement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooby Doo
I know, but at least Green hadn't been a regular star performer for another country. In fairness to Green, he was very close to his Irish grandfather who I believe was instrumental in getting him involved with us.
Paperwork sorted and everything? Fair play to your source but I don't think I'll fully believe this until it's officially announced.Quote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
As I said above, merits a sentence on Wikipedia. Whatever that means.
surely that is the reliable source Drummerboy is talking about. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
Easy now, easy now..Quote:
Originally Posted by FarBeag
when this appeared on here earlier today, I registered on that site and asked the happy hammers if they knew about it, and what they thought of it.
thread here http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=126459
now an article appears on the same site written on the same day ??!! it even uses the Mark O'Noble quip one of the aforementioned happy hammers used in a classic piece of cheeky cocnkey banterage.
so this is how easy it is to start rumours? interesting.
who should we do next?
Them lads seem as surprised as the rest of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
'Lord Monkey Basket'? :D
yes ........ Lord Monkey BasketQuote:
Originally Posted by Sullivinho
does that ammuse you? make you smile?
Aye, briefly :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
I'd feel damn terrible if there's some tragic story behind it though..