'NAIVE' NOBLE OUT WITH HERNIA INJURY
Mark Noble has been forced to have a double hernia operation because of his eagerness to play too much football, his manager Alan Curbishley believes. The West Ham central midfielder, who undergoes surgery tomorrow (FRI), joins ten team mates on the sidelines, and will be out of action for at least two weeks.
The locally-born 20-year-old, who signed to the club as a schoolboy, has been one of the most popular players at Upton Park since his emergence in the team midway through last season.
His grit and passion to the cause – epitomised by his tears when Tottenham hit a late winner in their 4-3 defeat of West Ham last season – earned him a regular spot in the side. His enthusiastic performances, along with Carlos Tevez’s timely goals, were one of the main reasons that his team avoided relegation.
However this enthusiasm may have been his downfall, his manager reckons. Curbishley said: “He has been having a groin problem for a couple of months and he hasn’t cracked on.
“He had been going full pelt for the last five or six months and he has not really had any recovery time.”
Noble, who captained England’s U18s, was called up to the U21s this summer, and made his debut in the European Championships in Holland. As a result he had scarcely any time off to recover.
“He only had two weeks off in the summer,” his manager continued. “I think you’re dealing with a young man, probably thinking all he wants to do is play and he can get through it.
“It was only after the Coventry game, when he came off, he declared how sore it was and that it had been niggling him for some time.
“It’s probably a bit of naivety from a young player that wants to play all the time, desperate to play for his club. We’ll put that down to experience, I think.”
Curbishley is hopeful that the youngster and his team mates – Craig Bellamy, Dean Ashton, Bobby Zamora, Anton Ferdinand, Scott Parker, Freddie Ljungberg, Callum Davenport and James Collins – will recover by the time West Ham host Tottenham on November 25, after the international break.
Kieron Dyer and French international Julien Faubert have long term injuries, and are expected to be out for five months and three months respectively.
Mark Noble has been forced to have a double hernia operation because of his eagerness to play too much football, his manager Alan Curbishley believes. The West Ham central midfielder, who undergoes surgery tomorrow (FRI), joins ten team mates on the sidelines, and will be out of action for at least two weeks.
The locally-born 20-year-old, who signed to the club as a schoolboy, has been one of the most popular players at Upton Park since his emergence in the team midway through last season.
His grit and passion to the cause – epitomised by his tears when Tottenham hit a late winner in their 4-3 defeat of West Ham last season – earned him a regular spot in the side. His enthusiastic performances, along with Carlos Tevez’s timely goals, were one of the main reasons that his team avoided relegation.
However this enthusiasm may have been his downfall, his manager reckons. Curbishley said: “He has been having a groin problem for a couple of months and he hasn’t cracked on.
“He had been going full pelt for the last five or six months and he has not really had any recovery time.”
Noble, who captained England’s U18s, was called up to the U21s this summer, and made his debut in the European Championships in Holland. As a result he had scarcely any time off to recover.
“He only had two weeks off in the summer,” his manager continued. “I think you’re dealing with a young man, probably thinking all he wants to do is play and he can get through it.
“It was only after the Coventry game, when he came off, he declared how sore it was and that it had been niggling him for some time.
“It’s probably a bit of naivety from a young player that wants to play all the time, desperate to play for his club. We’ll put that down to experience, I think.”
Curbishley is hopeful that the youngster and his team mates – Craig Bellamy, Dean Ashton, Bobby Zamora, Anton Ferdinand, Scott Parker, Freddie Ljungberg, Callum Davenport and James Collins – will recover by the time West Ham host Tottenham on November 25, after the international break.
Kieron Dyer and French international Julien Faubert have long term injuries, and are expected to be out for five months and three months respectively.
Labels: Alan Cubishley, Mark Noble, Premier League, West Ham United
