Despite letting a two-goal lead slip, Noble believes there was a lot to enjoy about the West Ham performance, claiming the showings of Dimitri Payet and Manuel Lanzini should give the fans cause for optimism.
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‘As a player I thought they were trying to mug us off a little bit, ‘ he told BBC Radio 5 live.
Once more the home defence was exposed as Holebas drilled a pass by Ighalo into the back of the net, but they also cried foul after seeing Payet brought down in the build-up.
It follows a resurgent comeback from Watford who were losing the game by two goals to nil.
‘There were some harsh words said to each other and everyone had that fire in their belly again’.
West Ham have worked hard behind-the-scenes to attract a new generation of supporters to the former Olympic Stadium, offering season-tickets for £99 to youngsters.
Not so, however, as late in the first half Odion Ighalo saw his shot from the angle deflect in off the leg of James Collins and minutes later the visitors were level. “With his quality in open play we have been missing him”.
“After that we had a couple of opportunities where we could have scored, but we didn’t”.
The capitulation by Slaven Bilic’s team sparked trouble among sections of the West Ham support. “They should have to do something better to hurt us”. We can’t concede that kind of goal then, especially after the second one, it didn’t decide the game but it changed a lot.
The Hammers boss added: “The bottom line is if we defend like this we aren’t going to win many games. I really didn’t see anything”, Bilic said.
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The midfielder, who moved to the Cherries in a shock deadline day loan switch from Arsenal, came on after 63 minutes with the score goalless and his new team tiring.
