Noble begs fans to “stick by us”

Mark Noble has given a heartfelt interview in which he has begged the fans to stick with the team and told the players there must be no “talking behind backs.”

The captain – speaking to the official website – said: “The fans show their emotions, and rightly so because they’re not happy and they pay a lot of money to come and watch us.

“I know it’s hard, I know they’re frustrated, and we are too because we know we’re better than what we’re showing, but I urge them to stick by us and hopefully the good times will come back.

“As much as we’re not performing on the pitch at the minute, we need them to stick by us.”
Discussing the latest defeat at Watford he said: “To be honest, we went into the game with a lot of belief. We have done a lot of work in the last couple of weeks but we conceded an early goal and it’s an uphill battle from there.

“We had two good chances to equalise in the first half but in the end, I thought Watford were the better team. They have been together with their manager for a while and we’ve had a couple away on international duty and we’ve trained with our young lads.

“But it could have been a different if we’d finished our chances but that’s the way it’s going at the moment. There’s a bit of a lack of belief in our players and I think we showed it.

“You have to stick together and work hard and as soon as you start having a go at each other and talking behind each other’s back, it becomes hard.

“Do I believe we have got enough and will be OK? Yes, I do. ”