Faubert Out But Will Noble Get His Chance?

More bad news for West Ham fans today, as their new signing Julien Faubert is ruled out for 6 months after rupturing his achilles tendon in a friendly on the 17 July. Bloody painful injury, and no-one likes to see this kind of news, but he's a young player and will come back for the second half of the season. It does leave the Hammers looking pretty weak in midfield after losing Reo-Coker and Benayoun, but I hope that Noble plays a bigger role this season, and this injury could be his chance to step up.