Craig Noone

The Metro has put Noone down as having an 'outside chance' of gaining a world cup squad place. Highly unlikely but they point out that on stats he is the 3rd best dribbler in the Premiership behind Andros Townsend and Raheem Sterling.

He is also the 4th best crosser of a ball (accuracy) behind Stewart Downing, James ward-Prowse and Whitts.

Is this the same Craig Noone that didn't get a look in for a third of the season? Add to that the fact that he is not bad from set pieces and he can score I think he was definitely very unlucky not to have started games earlier in the season. He has been a revelation since.

He's also too predictable run down the wing cut inside try to shoot get it blocked.

It happens at least 5 times a game

He's not too predictable at all .
Every winger has certain traits
Ronaldo does his step overs with a flick past the defender to the right
Zaha does his cruyff like turn inside
Bale allways knocks it past the defender and uses pace .
Townsend similar to noone cuts inside and shoots

He might cut inside 5 times a game but he also goes to the byline 5 times a game .

I think he's a great player and is Malkys biggest mistake this year IMO

He's also too predictable run down the wing cut inside try to shoot get it blocked.

It happens at least 5 times a game

Proves you have no clue regarding the game . Stick to computer games mate.

If Zaha is being looked at, then Noone most certainly should be. The scouts coming to look at Zaha will also look at Nooney, which will be a bonus for the lad.

He's also too predictable run down the wing cut inside try to shoot get it blocked.

It happens at least 5 times a game

Proves you have no clue regarding the game . Stick to computer games mate.

Really I think the people suggesting noone is good enough for England are.

He's 26 years old. If he had already gained experience with England I'd say yes but his rivals for the position are younger. He'll be 28 at the next major championships and 30 at the next World Cup. For a player whose game relies on pace that does not make for optimistic reading when you consider pace starts to deteriorate when players hit 30.

I'd love to see him go to the World Cup but England are building for the future and that future includes players like Zaha, Sterling and Townsend.

Trevor Sinclair went to the world cup so there is every chance that Nooney could get called up.. He is very similar to what england already have though. Walcott, Ox, Sterling, Townsend and Zaha all do similar things as nooney.

I'd love to see him go though. What a story! Bricky to World cup player! He'd play with more passion than the over paid pre madonnas who get in the england squad simply because of the team they play for

He's not too predictable at all .
Every winger has certain traits
Ronaldo does his step overs with a flick past the defender to the right
Zaha does his cruyff like turn inside
Bale allways knocks it past the defender and uses pace .
Townsend similar to noone cuts inside and shoots

He might cut inside 5 times a game but he also goes to the byline 5 times a game .

I think he's a great player and is Malkys biggest mistake this year IMO

Spot on. Would have given us more of an attacking edge to the first half of the season and some of those draws may have been wins.

Trevor Sinclair went to the world cup so there is every chance that Nooney could get called up.. He is very similar to what england already have though. Walcott, Ox, Sterling, Townsend and Zaha all do similar things as nooney.

I'd love to see him go though. What a story! Bricky to World cup player! He'd play with more passion than the over paid pre madonnas who get in the england squad simply because of the team they play for

I think Walcott is out of the World Cup which is why it is open for a slot on the right ,
Sterling and zaha play left .
The right will be taken by Townsend and ox . Possibly even Sturridge if he takes him as a wide man instead of a striker and then boosts his striking options

He's also too predictable run down the wing cut inside try to shoot get it blocked.

It happens at least 5 times a game

What a load of rubbish.

He's also too predictable run down the wing cut inside try to shoot get it blocked.

It happens at least 5 times a game

What a load of rubbish.

It's not aload of rubbish tho isit.

I'm not saying he's shit just saying he's predictable and nowhere near good enough for a World Cup squad.

He's not too predictable at all .
Every winger has certain traits
Ronaldo does his step overs with a flick past the defender to the right
Zaha does his cruyff like turn inside
Bale allways knocks it past the defender and uses pace .
Townsend similar to noone cuts inside and shoots

He might cut inside 5 times a game but he also goes to the byline 5 times a game .

I think he's a great player and is Malkys biggest mistake this year IMO

Spot on. Would have given us more of an attacking edge to the first half of the season and some of those draws may have been wins.

Also, some of those draws may have been defeats. We had no option but to set ourselves up to be defensive and hard to beat at the start of the season at home. Just look at the teams we played. Man City, Everton, Spurs, Newcastle, Man Utd, Arsenal, Southampton. We came into the Premiership with a game plan to avoid relegation and this game plan involved us being organised, well drilled and difficult to break down. Our Man City home game is a classic example, look how Gary Neville analysed it. We had 2 banks of 4 in a line, with Kim just in front harrassing their defenders and centre midfielders when necessary.

If Noone played in that Man City game, we probably wouldn't have been the organised unit we were. It's great to see Noone going on one of his forward runs, he's our most exciting player and he's one of our better performers at the moment, but there's times to play him and times not to play him. With regards to implementing a game plan and trusting your players to keep their shape, make the correct decisions and stay organised, it was sensible to play the more experienced Bellamy down the right for that Man City game instead of Noone.

He's not too predictable at all .
Every winger has certain traits
Ronaldo does his step overs with a flick past the defender to the right
Zaha does his cruyff like turn inside
Bale allways knocks it past the defender and uses pace .
Townsend similar to noone cuts inside and shoots

He might cut inside 5 times a game but he also goes to the byline 5 times a game .

I think he's a great player and is Malkys biggest mistake this year IMO

Spot on. Would have given us more of an attacking edge to the first half of the season and some of those draws may have been wins.

Also, some of those draws may have been defeats. We had no option but to set ourselves up to be defensive and hard to beat at the start of the season at home. Just look at the teams we played. Man City, Everton, Spurs, Newcastle, Man Utd, Arsenal, Southampton. We came into the Premiership with a game plan to avoid relegation and this game plan involved us being organised, well drilled and difficult to break down. Our Man City home game is a classic example, look how Gary Neville analysed it. We had 2 banks of 4 in a line, with Kim just in front harrassing their defenders and centre midfielders when necessary.

If Noone played in that Man City game, we probably wouldn't have been the organised unit we were. It's great to see Noone going on one of his forward runs, he's our most exciting player and he's one of our better performers at the moment, but there's times to play him and times not to play him. With regards to implementing a game plan and trusting your players to keep their shape, make the correct decisions and stay organised, it was sensible to play the more experienced Bellamy down the right for that Man City game instead of Noone.

I agree with you there. Malky had us set us so as we were hard to break down. I can understand that against the top teams but there were games there for the taking e.g. Villa away where we were the better team but we did not have the cutting edge, no creativity, Noone would have given us that. Malky did not even bring him off the bench.

He's not too predictable at all .
Every winger has certain traits
Ronaldo does his step overs with a flick past the defender to the right
Zaha does his cruyff like turn inside
Bale allways knocks it past the defender and uses pace .
Townsend similar to noone cuts inside and shoots

He might cut inside 5 times a game but he also goes to the byline 5 times a game .

I think he's a great player and is Malkys biggest mistake this year IMO

Spot on. Would have given us more of an attacking edge to the first half of the season and some of those draws may have been wins.

Also, some of those draws may have been defeats. We had no option but to set ourselves up to be defensive and hard to beat at the start of the season at home. Just look at the teams we played. Man City, Everton, Spurs, Newcastle, Man Utd, Arsenal, Southampton. We came into the Premiership with a game plan to avoid relegation and this game plan involved us being organised, well drilled and difficult to break down. Our Man City home game is a classic example, look how Gary Neville analysed it. We had 2 banks of 4 in a line, with Kim just in front harrassing their defenders and centre midfielders when necessary.

If Noone played in that Man City game, we probably wouldn't have been the organised unit we were. It's great to see Noone going on one of his forward runs, he's our most exciting player and he's one of our better performers at the moment, but there's times to play him and times not to play him. With regards to implementing a game plan and trusting your players to keep their shape, make the correct decisions and stay organised, it was sensible to play the more experienced Bellamy down the right for that Man City game instead of Noone.

I agree with you there. Malky had us set us so as we were hard to break down. I can understand that against the top teams but there were games there for the taking e.g. Villa away where we were the better team but we did not have the cutting edge, no creativity, Noone would have given us that. Malky did not even bring him off the bench.

I agree against the weaker teams in the division, Noone could have been used a bit more. To be fair, Malky wanted to stick to his game plan away from home and I can't really knock him for that. He did bring Noone on at Palace when we were a goal down and he gave Noone a full game at home to West Brom, which was one of the first times of the season Malky felt we could go a bit more attacking. What people forget is Noone was a Malky signing and I honestly believe if Malky was still here, Noone would have still featured a lot in the home games against the bottom half opposition we had left during the second half of the season.

He should have been used a lot more at the start of the season and last season, Malky preferred Cowie for some reason.

Like said above if Zaha is being looked at then Noone will have to be

If you didn't know one of our wingers was bought for 15 million and the other for a million, you would probably get them the wrong way around, but i think that says more about the hype around Saha......

Noone looked good but faded last season

He's also too predictable run down the wing cut inside try to shoot get it blocked.

It happens at least 5 times a game

What a load of rubbish.

It's not aload of rubbish tho isit.

I'm not saying he's shit just saying he's predictable and nowhere near good enough for a World Cup squad.

It is a load of rubbish. Your saying he's too predictable when he's not. He mixes it up well, he cuts in and shoots, goes down the right and crosses with his right, cuts in and crosses with his left. He also runs with the ball straight at the defence. He keeps players guessing.

Definitely not predictable.

He's also too predictable run down the wing cut inside try to shoot get it blocked.

It happens at least 5 times a game

What a load of rubbish.

It's not aload of rubbish tho isit.

I'm not saying he's sh it just saying he's predictable and nowhere near good enough for a World Cup squad.

It is a load of rubbish. Your saying he's too predictable when he's not. He mixes it up well, he cuts in and shoots, goes down the right and crosses with his right, cuts in and crosses with his left. He also runs with the ball straight at the defence. He keeps players guessing.

Definitely not predictable.

Noone mixed it up at home to Sunderland and away to Man City but since then, he has cut in 9 times out of 10 and he is definitely becoming predictable.

If the pensioner Rickie Lambert can get in the England squad, then Noone should be able to also.