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Nouble ready to fill Thomas’ boots
Tuesday 9th February 2010, 11:59AM GMT.
Albion new-boy Frank Nouble has thrown his hat into the ring as a potential replacement for the suspended Jerome Thomas against Scunthorpe.
The 18-year-old completed his initial 28-day loan from West Ham this morning in time to face the Iron at the Hawthorns tonight.
Nouble is ready to fill in for the Thomas in a wide midfield role, despite learning his trade as a centre-forward at Chelsea and the Hammers.
He said: “I just want to play in an attacking role, be it left wing, right wing or up front. I am here to gain some experience and help the team.
“I am very excited. I watch some of the games on TV and some of the teams like West Brom are big teams, so I want to see how I do at this level.
“I made my debut at 17 recently. I have just turned 18 and I want to get as much experience as I can in any league, be it the Championship or Premier League.”
The teenager’s arrival from Upton Park has handed Baggies head coach Roberto Di Matteo another option in the search for a replacement for Thomas, who begins a four-match ban tonight.
Nouble has confirmed Di Matteo’s friendship with West Ham chief Gianfranco Zola played a big part in securing the move.
He said: “Gianfranco Zola and the manager here are close friends, so it was easy for them to talk about me. I think Roberto Di Matteo definitely listened to what he said and I think he is happy I have come here.
“The manager here has Chelsea links and was a terrific player when at Chelsea with Gianfranco Zola.”
Albion first team coach Michael Appleton added: “Frank is really strong and aggressive and he will give us an outlet sometimes when we need that, especially when teams are trying to frustrate us.
“He is versatile and can play in different positions, which is good for us. There may be times when we want to use him in the centre but he has played a lot of football lately in wider areas so I think we’ll look to use him in both areas of the pitch as and when we need to.”
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“Nouble has threw his hat”…Ouch! Surely you mean “has thrown” ? Only posters are allowed grammatical errors on that scale, not professionals at E&S. If a lady reporter, please stay behind in detention tonight. If a male, smack your own hand, HARD!
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You’re both wrong – It’s “thrung” his hat !!!!
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Nah,et’s thowed aer kid.
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your all wrong its `chucked` aye boing boing
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Versatility is becoming the buzz word of our squad!!
Mr Randle, can i adopt you as my Grandad?
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bomber that wil make you my son as cyrills my dad lol
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Another young centre forward we’re going to play out wide instead and then boo when they’re not a natural at it?
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There may be Nouble ahead,
but while there’s Bednar, and koren, and Cech, and Dorrans,
Let’s give the new boy a chance
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Lol – like it !!!
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Not bad ol’e blue eyes.
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H G B post 3,
Nouble has trained to play centre and wide.
As WBABomber states[ post 2 ] versitility is
the key word.
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Bomber, depends how old you are sunshine. My youngest daughter is 47 but I was only 31 when she was born. It was later I found that Horlicks at night kept me awake! How about a round of applause for E&S ? They didn’t have to print my comment. I think we shall see Monsieur Nouble ce soir. (Well ‘is nerm sahnds French dow it?). He’s sure to be match fit, or near enough
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Is it Nooobley or Nubble or Noobull?
I keep thinking Michael Buble!!!
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cor wait 2 c him play . prem deffo know.next year win 5 games get relegated agian cor wait TESCO TILL I DIE OR ASDA MIGHT EVEN B NETTO
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Grow-up dingle we know who you are and mate woory about your woefull team before coming on this board ,i think your team has more wory`s at the moment than we do .
Let`s see how far you get with your non-scoring team (derby in disguise) haha..
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Seanalbion20,
Don’t worry about him mate, he’s having a day off from running everything down that is
Wolves.They play Spurs tomorrow night only
spurs won’t be playing after a xmas party.
T R T B.Welcome to the light side.
*Super*Kevin*Phillips*.
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Cheers,Rob Hulse and Freddie Eastwood.
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