Owl face defends his Noble rejection

Owl-faced England Manager, Roy Hodgson has given one of the most bizarre excuses on his continuing snub of Mark Noble during a pre-match press conference ahead of the Germany v England friendly.

“The fact is there are are always two or three players that are in the news that many people would like to be selected or are better than the players I have selected, that is the nature of my job,” Owl-face told the press.

“I have said on many occasions that I refuse to close doors and I refuse to rule people out. Having said that, we have a lot of players who over the last two years have worked very hard to establish themselves as England players.

“Those who are on the outside, still looking to get in, have got to convince me I’m better off leaving out a player I have been working with to make space.

“We have only got 23 places, 20 outfield players, we can’t unfortunately cap every player who has had a good player for his club. Before the World Cup it was Grant Holt so there is always somebody.”

Noble seems to have accepted his fate with grace, speaking a few days ago after the squad announcement Nobes said: “If I’m honest with myself, the chances are very slim,once the squad got announced, I just put it to the back of my mind.”

“There are some great players in that England squad and a lot of people, and West Ham fans thought I should have been in it but I’m not that sort of person. Obviously, over the last two months there has been so much talk about it and everyone I talk to asks me about it but I just took it in my stride – if it happened it happened and it would have been a nice problem to have. But it didn’t work that way and I can thoroughly look forward to Monday now.

“I’m English, I’ve always wanted to play for England but it’s out of my hands. I’ve loved playing this season, it’s been a great season for me personally and for the club. But there is nothing I can do about England, I’ll just put it to the back of my mind and enjoy Monday with my family and my friends, and have a real good laugh.”