Kouyate and DG agree this player’s time has come

Noble surely ready for England

Cheik Kouyate and co-chairman David Gold are as one – Mark Noble deserves an England call-up.

His two penalties last weekend and another brace this made the point once again that the captain should surely get an outing in the international shirt.

Saturday’s fellow goalscorer Kouyate said: “First of all, Mark is a leader. He is our captain and he is constantly pushing us forward and he is always positive.

Having him in our team helps us relax and in the last two games he has scored four goals. He deserves it and I don’t see why he shouldn’t get a call-up for the national team.”

And in an interview with ClaretandHugh DG added: “He’s playing the best football of his career and scored a couple of really well taken goals.

“He gets forward, drives the team on and is in terrific form. It’s certainly hard to believe that he hasn’t been called up by now.”