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BREAKING: #Pools have this morning completed the signing of experienced midfielder Liam Noble.
To Hartlepool apparently , wants to be closer to home ( that old chestnut ) .I'm not sorry to see him go but the timing seems strange.
Not sure it’s that strange. Squad returned yesterday and maybe he wanted to be man enough to have a conversation face to face.
Frees up some more budget, however, we have lost far too much experience in the centre of midfield, this and the winger is something that has to be addressed.
Surely this is good news, given how low people's opinion was of him. Good job we didn't pay £100K for him in the end.
He was terrified of putting in a tackle in case he got a red, can't have that in a midfielder. Fair play tonhop though, he has very much restrained himself and he's learning, perhaps he restrained himself to much that he lost that edge? Good player on his day but I think it's probably for the best he's gone
Noble might do for Hartlepool what he did for FGR and get them back into the league.
Will always associate Noble with failure, from from the relegation season to the f00k up last season, I could never see what he offered.
Found his level again for next season.
Good move all round. We couldn't really incorporate him into the team second time around and frankly he didn't look the same player. Frees up some budget to sign another midfielt with qualities that complement the squad. With are missing a midfield general and a box to boxer.
That’s my thoughts and perhaps it will work out well for both Liam Noble and Hartlepool. They get FGR’s former captain at that level who was instrumental in helping them get them get promoted to the football league, and he will likely be a happier player if he’s nearer to home, plus at a lower level he will be a bigger player than maybe in a league Two side if that makes sense.
I think it’s a strange time instead of at the end of the season, but maybe it’s something he’s had chance to think about over the summer and has returned back to training and tell the club. Let’s face it he could have rode it out for a season and been miserable or his heart not in it, so at least he has been honest and straight which for me means he has a dignified departure.
It also leaves us with time to find a replacement because with O’Connor leaving and whilst these new players maybe good enough we do need some experience in the centre of midfield. I don’t see a Bishop or Ravenhill type or someone who will command midfield in the squad at the moment. However I’ve not seen any of the new players in action.