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title: "Josh Dasilva is the Ideal Mark Noble Replacement [Opinion]"
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type: "post"
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author: "Alex Jones"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2020-12-31T09:30:00Z"
modified: "2020-12-31T09:30:00Z"
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# Josh Dasilva is the Ideal Mark Noble Replacement \[Opinion\]

If the latest reports linking [West Ham](https://readwestham.com/2020/12/31/report-west-ham-united-keeping-tabs-on-josh-dasilva/) with a move for Brentford dynamo [Josh Dasilva](https://readwestham.com/2020/12/31/report-west-ham-united-keeping-tabs-on-josh-dasilva/) are anything to go by, then there should be immense cause for excitement around the London Stadium.

Whilst the interest may cause some fans to sweat over the long-term future of club captain Mark Noble, the Hammers identifying the Ilford-born midfielder is a shrewd move that represents superb long-term planning.

At just 22 years old, Dasilva is still very much a young and emerging talent that retains significant potential to improve and make the step up to the Premier League – but Dasilva does not lack senior experience.

The [former Arsenal youth player](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-josh-dasilva-brentford-transfer-22464206) has already amassed[just under 100 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/josh-dasilva/leistungsdaten/spieler/340321)for the Bees in his Championship career, and already has [three goals and four assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/josh-dasilva/leistungsdaten/spieler/340321) to his name in the current campaign alone.

He has also been capped [13 times at youth level.](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/josh-dasilva/leistungsdaten/spieler/340321)

Whilst goalscoring is not his primary responsibility, he is a constant threat as a deeper-lying playmaker.

[WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/318744/Show/Josh-Dasilva) has noted his commendable strengths in the middle of the park, identifying Dasilva’s keen eye for passing, through balls, dribbling and long-ranged strikes.

For this reason, his headstrong and ambitious style of play [resembles that](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/8247/Show/Mark-Noble) of 33-year-old club stalwart Mark Noble.

Given Noble’s age and [increasingly secondary](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/8247/Show/Mark-Noble) importance to David Moyes’ plans, it is perhaps a natural conclusion that [links from the Guardian](https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/30/from-dele-alli-to-patson-daka-eight-players-who-could-move-in-january?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true) to Dasilva is a consequence of needing to replace Noble in the near future.

Noble has made[just 9 appearances](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/8247/Show/Mark-Noble) in all competitions this season – over half of which were off the bench – in a tally that contrasts his 33 league outings from the previous season.

If one thing appears to be inevitable, it is that loyal club servant Noble will not be a Hammer forever – and Dasilva appears to be a reliable long-term target.