By Jon Couch
UNDERFIRE Hartlepool United boss Matthew Bates has denied rumours of a bust-up with star player Liam Noble on a team bus bound for Dover on Friday.
Noble, the club’s top scorer this season with seven goals from midfield, was surprisingly left out of the squad to face the relegation-haunted Whites.
Pools went onto suffer a fifth straight league defeat, going down 2-1 at Crabble, but Bates was quick to explain Noble’s absence simply stating he “wasn’t right” to play.
“We as coaches look at things during the week and how all the lads are mentall...