Skipper Mark Noble’s face said it…massive relief.
You can knock the lad as much as you like but my God he cares…really really cares.
And speaking immediately after the game he said: “”The table looks a bit better now after our first three points.”
You can say that again mate.
He added: “We spoke openly after the Wolves game together and we had some home truths. Sometimes that’s what you need, and since then we’ve had two hard weeks of training.
“Today was about the result more than the performance and the three points are a massive boost for us.”
As I said at the start – his face said it all. No words were needed really!
Not the player he was maybe but still a Proper Captain and we generally play better with him in the team.
Sounded in the interview as if Noble & Arnautovich worked as a team in dishing out the’home truths’. That sounds good. It gives Noble a bit of support, especially as he may not be playing all the time now. Also in the case of some of those players with heads a bit bigger than average they might not be prepared to take it from Noble but probably would from Arnie. I know I would. He scares the c*** out of me.
He played his best game of the season today and really put a shift in, I knock him from time to time but I would never knock his commitment well played Nobes COYI !!!