Mark Noble

**ArdeeBhoy** · 28/10/2010, 12:59 AM

Originally Posted by Docboy

Can only assume you weren't at the games to see the energy and passion Aldo put in for the Green shirt over the years. Massively respected and got some important goals despite the jinx he went through in the beginning of his international career.

Was at far too many of them for my liking, that's why I know he was pretty ineffective/useless, compared to how he was at Liverpool, albeit they played a different system to be fair. And told him to his face, so there.

That might be all I should ask 'forgiveness' for??

**Scooby Doo** · 28/10/2010, 12:54 PM

Back page of today's Sun. Sorry can't find link. Says Noble is ready to commit to us and that Tardelli went to see him play in the Carling Cup last night. No quotes, sources etc. The cynic in me would be inclined to believe the inspiration for the article is based on internet rumours on various football forums.

**SwanVsDalton** · 28/10/2010, 1:45 PM

Enough speculation I say, time for Mark to do the noble (sorry) thing and declare.

**Charlie Darwin** · 28/10/2010, 1:49 PM

Originally Posted by Scooby Doo

Back page of today's Sun. Sorry can't find link. Says Noble is ready to commit to us and that Tardelli went to see him play in the Carling Cup last night. No quotes, sources etc. The cynic in me would be inclined to believe the inspiration for the article is based on internet rumours on various football forums.

Wouldn't read too much into it. The lads from the tabloids all read these boards.

**IsMiseSean** · 28/10/2010, 2:40 PM

Originally Posted by TrapAPony

John Aldridge declared for us at 28 with only a great grandmother from Athlone as his Irish connection. Nobody had any problems with him.

I didn't know that... Bit before my time I was 3 when he made his debut.
Anyone know why he didn't declare at and earlier age, was he waiting for an England chance?

**Paddy Garcia** · 28/10/2010, 3:00 PM

He was stuck in the lower leagues & out of sight.

.. declared when he was at Oxford after Houghton mentioned to Jack that he also qualified.

**Eirambler** · 28/10/2010, 3:26 PM

Great-grandfather? Is that correct or were the rules different back then?

**Irish_Praha** · 28/10/2010, 5:36 PM

Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia

He was stuck in the lower leagues & out of sight.

.. declared when he was at Oxford after Houghton mentioned to Jack that he also qualified.

Pretty crazy when you think about it. A 25-year-old moving from the old English 3rd division to the 1st division and being the top scorer for the league champions in his first full season. It's like Roy of the Rovers stuff.
It would be like Chelsea signing Craig Mackail-Smith from Peterborough and him scoring 25 plus goals in the Premiership.

**geysir** · 28/10/2010, 6:51 PM

Aldo was already a proven top striker in the (old) 1st division by the time Liverpool signed him.

**TrapAPony** · 28/10/2010, 7:45 PM

Noble did very well for the 2nd and 3rd goals for West Ham v Stoke.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xff...mbed&start=103

**Irish_Praha** · 28/10/2010, 8:20 PM

Originally Posted by geysir

Aldo was already a proven top striker in the (old) 1st division by the time Liverpool signed him.

My bad; I thought Oxford were a few divisions lower. Not such a great story after all.

**Sullivinho** · 28/10/2010, 8:30 PM

Always lacked passion that Aldo character..

**seanfhear** · 29/10/2010, 6:57 AM

I would say that if this was genuine then we would have heard from the horses mouth by now.

**ArdeeBhoy** · 29/10/2010, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by Sullivinho

Always lacked passion that Aldo character.

That's as maybe. But for me just another who went through the motions for Ireland, in the main.

**Paddy Garcia** · 30/10/2010, 9:15 AM

I wish we could get some of our lads born in Ireland to go through the motions!

On Noble; I heard him speaking recently on representing England & I'd be very surprised if this was accurate, seemed to have a lot of passion for England.

**CraftyToePoke** · 31/10/2010, 5:45 PM

In todays Independent, Noble is mentioned by Dion Fanning as 'Irish target, Mark Noble' I dont have a link, sorry.

Now, has he read it on here? A superb exhibition of lazy journailsm if so, or does this give more credibility to this story if he is working off a source. I'm not familiar enough with the guy and his writing to say really.

**Charlie Darwin** · 31/10/2010, 7:11 PM

I would be fairly certain he read it on here. A lot of journos get their news from the forums.

**theworm2345** · 31/10/2010, 7:16 PM

Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke

In todays Independent, Noble is mentioned by Dion Fanning as 'Irish target, Mark Noble' I dont have a link, sorry.

Now, has he read it on here? A superb exhibition of lazy journailsm if so, or does this give more credibility to this story if he is working off a source. I'm not familiar enough with the guy and his writing to say really.

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

I would be fairly certain he read it on here. A lot of journos get their news from the forums.

Fanning is a clown, I wouldn't believe anything he writes over anything any one on here writes.