Sad to say, but I think the first paragraph is bang on the money. The second might be too.Kialos wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:07 pm Like much at West Ham, Noble has changed and not for the better. He is now a board lackey. The board are using him because they know he is the one player the fans look up to and respect and Noble is happy to be used having been rewarded with a fat long term contract
His behaviour towards Ogbonna stank of someone who is abusing his position secure in the knowledge that the board will back him over the manager and any other player.
As an aside people have mentioned Bonzo after Castilla. Stretch fell foul of us too for a while when whilst praising Millwall's home support in a game against us he said we should be more like them. He didn't have it good at UP for quite a while after that. He might have been captain at the time too? (around '89).