Mark Noble is not dirty

Jim Daly of the Daily Mirror has ranked West Ham’s Mark Noble as one of the dirtiest players in the Premier League. Mr Daly included Nobes in a top ten of players rival fans love to hate suggesting our captain was hated by rival fans.

Daily wrote: “The nastiest type of midfielder possible masked under an East End cheeky-chappie facade. West Ham fans understandably love the little terrier and it’s not hard to see why; local lad who grew up two miles away from Upton Park who has notched up 400 games for the club but to fans of any other club he’s a dirty enforcer who will not only leave his foot in, he’ll take it off, wrap it up and send it in the post to you.”

The truth is Robert Snodgrass is the West Ham player with the most fouls, his thirty seven fouls put him in fourteenth place in the league table this season followed by Cheik Kouyate with twenty seven, Michail Antonio  and Winston Reid both have twenty five each. The Premier League statistics table lists Mark Noble way down in 71st place with twenty four fouls this season. Manchester Paul Pogba tops the table with fifty three fouls.  Our Mark Noble dirty?  I don’t think so Mr Daly!