Mark Noble issues fitness update as captain reveals what he will tell his West Ham teammates

Mark Noble expects to be match for the journey to Newcastle following an elbow damage that noticed the captain substituted late within the recreation towards Leicester City.

The Hammers have suffered a lot of damage issues in current weeks with Aaron Cresswell the newest to hitch Declan Rice and Michail Antonio on the sidelines after selecting up a hamstring difficulty versus the Foxes.

David Moyes has a small however gifted squad at West Ham however with Rice out his choices had been restricted on Sunday afternoon to untested Conor Coventry, kids Mipo Odubeko and Frederick Alves or defenders Ryan Fredericks and Ben Johnson, when Noble wanted changing in midfield.

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Moyes opted for Johnson for the ultimate ten minutes however will be relieved that Noble has deemed himself match for the go to to St James’ Park.

The captain informed the membership web site: “It’s nonetheless sore. I fractured it about 5 or 6 years in the past and once in a while, on the pitch or within the health club, I get ache and I believe I jarred it and I received pins and needles in my fingers and a little bit of numbness and I believe it’s going to be there for some time.

“It’s sore, however I believe I’ll be alright for the weekend.”

With Leicester concerned in FA Cup motion this weekend, a win for West Ham will see them transfer into third place however this isn’t one thing Noble was conscious of, or that will play a component in his staff discuss forward of the sport.

“I didn’t even consider that and, to be trustworthy, that’s not even in my thoughts in any respect. I’ll simply be telling the boys to go on the market and keep on doing what we’ve got been doing and attempting to get a consequence. We’ve had a few nice outcomes,” Noble mentioned.

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“Wolves away is a troublesome place to go and Leicester at residence, who’ve been a joke this season, so it’s been a large couple of weeks and hopefully we will go there [Newcastle] and get one other consequence.”

There are solely seven matches left for West Ham this season, with coach Kevin Nolan describing every recreation as a ‘cup last’ and former Hammer Tony Cottee urging the gamers to ‘savour each second’, one thing Noble intends to do.

“We’ve solely received 5 weeks left and to be within the place we’re in is phenomenal, going into the ultimate few weeks. We have simply received to attempt to take pleasure in it,” he mentioned.

“No one of their wildest desires would have thought we’d be combating for the Champions League with seven video games to go. It’s going to be powerful as a result of we’ve received some huge golf equipment round us.

“If you take a look at the desk we’ve received Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs simply behind us, so we’ve simply received to maintain successful and attempting our greatest.”

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Noble may be planning on having fun with the ultimate few weeks of the season however some on the membership already are.

“I’m having fun with it and the gamers are doing very well,” Hammers supervisor David Moyes mentioned. “We’ve received an excellent bunch of lads, how they’re taking part in and the place we’re at this second in time is means past most likely anyone’s ideas.

“There are seven video games to go now and we’re counting them down.”

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