West Ham United captain Mark Noble insists the players ‘must stick together’ after losing their third consecutive Premier League game at the weekend to Newcastle United.
The Hammers were sent home again for the third week running with no points in hand after Rafael Benitez’s side put in an impressive performance in a well deserved 3-0 victory.
Summer signing Joselu opened the scoring just before the break, before Ciaran Clark and Alexandr Mitrovic added second half goals to secure all three points for the home side.
Captain Mark Noble admits the performance from his side wasn’t good enough, however insists the players must work together to get through what has been a difficult month.
“We are going to lose games, we know that, but as a club we need to stick together,” said the skipper after the defeat.
“The West Ham fans, I’ve known for all my life, and they show their emotions; so they should. That’s down to us to make it right on the pitch and I’m sure we’ll do that. At this time, we fully need them to get behind us.
“It’s wasn’t good enough, today. We looked like we just didn’t get going. But we didn’t seem there today – I’m not sure why – but maybe it’s a bit of tiredness from the midweek game and the travelling.”
The Hammers sit bottom of the Premier League table without a point after three games having lost to Manchester United and Southampton in the past weeks, but Noble says the poor run of form – while disappointing – is part and parcel of the game.
“The atmosphere in the dressing room isn’t great, but we’re lucky it’s early in the season. It’s not the start we wanted to have, and we haven’t looked good at the minute. But it’s why we play the sport, there are highs and lows.”
