Noble: “There’s no point in standing here and lying”

Mark Noble was among the also rans representing the Irons last night an to his credit was at least ready to give an honest appraisal of the awful result at Leicester City

The club has to provide a player to talk with the media after each game and this time it was Mark Nthat oble and his quotes are now attributed to Premier League Productions demonstrating the ever increasing hold the PL has over the game at large.

To be honest there was no way anybody could gild the lily over what we saw last night where but for the presence of Mikey Antonio we would probably have shown nothing offensively whilst at the back Oggy and Randolph were outstanding.

The captain – like the rest of midfield – was given the runaround big time and he was ready to admit we deserved nothing from a game where the gulf in class between the two team was, frankly, frightening

And speaking afterwards and reported at https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/january/22-january/mark-noble-there-no-point-lying-leicester-were-better-team  he said: “Obviously going 2-0 down just before the break was a kick in the teeth and we came out and got a goal straight away and then, for 15 or 20 minutes, we were in the game,” Noble told Premier League Productions. “We had a couple of chances from corner kicks and then [they won and scored] the penalty and after that it was finished.

“They’re a good side. They do move the ball well and they make it hard for you. I think if we’d have got anything it would have been a bit lucky, if anything, because we didn’t play that well.

“But we’re still in the game at 2-1 and probably should have gone in [at half-time] at 1-0. I thought there was a foul in the corner which the referee didn’t give, but listen, we weren’t good enough and we didn’t deserve to win.

“I thought Leicester were the better team. There is no point standing here and lying. They were the better team and once they got that third goal, which came from a mistake, there was no way back for us.”