West Ham skipper Mark Noble wary of struggling Sunderland
Tuesday 18 October 2016 22:29, UK
Mark Noble is fully aware he and his West Ham team-mates cannot afford to underestimate Sunderland despite their terrible start to the season.
The Hammers play host to the Premier League's bottom club having been bolstered by a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace last weekend.
David Moyes' men are rock bottom, having only taken two points from their eight games so far this season.
But skipper Noble is taking nothing for granted this weekend as West Ham bid to build on four points from two games after a run of four successive league defeats.
"It's really important that we don't turn up and the fans don't turn up and think it's Sunderland, they're bottom of the league, we're going to win," he said.
"It doesn't work like that in this league, you have to really earn your points.
"I was really happy for everyone in the club because we've trained really hard in the past two or three weeks. The players really do care and I think that showed on Saturday."
Mark Noble was speaking at an event to mark Hawes & Curtis becoming the official tailor to West Ham United Football Club. Find out more at hawesandcurtis.co.uk.
