Big moment may be on horizon for Hammers hero

Sunglasses at the ready for Nobes?

Just a few days ago we were writing  that Mark Noble’s West Ham appearances may have come to an end!

Well that was a bit premature and there is the possibility the captain will be on from the start in our biggest game in a long while when we arrive in Spain on Thursday evening.

For there is still no certainty that Declan Rice will be ready to start following illness although we have reported that he is still slowly recovering.

Either way it’s likely that Nobes will get on,  perhaps from the start, possibly as a sub,  and his performance at Liverpool showed that he is ready.

He saw a lot of the ball and got  those important minutes behind him and will feel confident for a clash against the six time winners following a lengthy lay off ahead of the Anfield game.

Alex Kral has no chance of making it with opinions, shall we say – and putting it as kindly as possible – pretty unanimous that among the various poor buys and loans we have made this one ranks the less than 3 out of 10 category!

We can be assured that Dec will be out there if he feels ANYTHING like himself. If not expect Nobes alongside Manu with Tomas hopefully pushed forward for Bowen should he be unavailable.