The trick is to keep your hands to yourself and in the end they get so frustrated, they'll put your hands there themselves.
This is a disappointment, especially as the Mirror have never been right about anything before, ever. I think he means Noble is the back-up plan too, but he's a completely different type of player. This is where over reliance on the loans system is not a great idea, nor is trusting a bunch of ****s like Forest.