Mark Noble claims he is relaxed that he has never received an international cap.
Many believe the Hammers skipper could and maybe should have been given his chance but it never happened under successive England bosses.
Maybe, had Sam Allardyce lasted more than a few days in the job he would have got his chance as BFS was a big fan of his former West Ham skipper.
Nobes has been on the books of West Ham his entire professional club football career so far, and played at the Under-16, Under-17, Under-18, Under-19 and Under-21 levels for England, but has never got the chance for the senior side.
Like Billy Bonds before him he was regularly overlooked although the Hammers servant refuses to allow it to get to him.
Now Peter Crouch writing in The Daily Mail has expressed his own surprise that some who have never shown the same consistency got their chance whilst Nobes drew an international blank. saying: “The one man who I’m amazed never got near the senior squad is Mark Noble.
“He’s been so consistent over the last decade, a really solid Premier League player who has never shirked a battle as West Ham’s captain.
“I spoke to him recently about not playing for England and he was relaxed about it, saying he knows his time has probably gone.
“It’s strange that some others who have not been able to match his consistency will have had their opportunity. Mark deserved a cap.”
Yes i agree he should have been given his chance. But like a lot of things in life it’s not what you know but who you know that counts. I also think playing for West Ham hasn’t helped, as we have been as popular as a rattlesnake since the Tevez days sadly.