What he actually said, according to League Express, was,GeoffN wrote:Exactly, Dave, and he doesn't do that when commenting on any other player (except Sam Tomkins sometimes). It implies that he thinks all the rest are "the finished article", which is worrying.DaveO wrote:I find Noble's comments rather unusual. And as I said earlier he seems to have got into a habit of always qualifying anything good Ainscough does with some negative criticism.ancientnloyal wrote:Im sure a lot of coaches have said what Noble has about a youngsters before, just thats it's anti-Noble season, a new kid on the block and a 4-try game highlights it more.
Maybe he does think he wants to keep the players feet on the ground but as gpartin has mentioned it seems more like he is justifying his position than simply commenting.
In fact looking at his comments after Wakefield again I find then quite harsh not just unusual.
Dave
"He's got superb prowess. He's strong, he's quick and he knows how to finish. He'll be the first one to compliment those who put him in those positions because I don't think he's had to run more than 10 metres for any of his tries, but we've seen some of his fantastic breaks. There's no doubt that he's still a work in progress and there are other parts of his game that he needs to improve on. That goes for all our young kids. We're a young team."
I think too much is being made of what Noble allegedly said after a match. The above quote may have been said to a different reporter or it may be a more accurate account of what was said to a group of reporters rather than the edited version that most people on this board have taken offence to. In short, don't believe everything that you read, it probably will be a load of b------s.
