Liam Noble repays Alan Smith's experience

After scoring both goals away at Huddersfield in the League Cup.

Liam Noble has acknowledged the help that Alan Smith has given him. He has been doing one on one training with the ex England midfielder.

He said "For the first goal, it was a great ball back from Kyle De Silva. I had to finish it off but it was all about the timing of the run."

"In the past few years I might not have made that run. I might have been lazy or stayed back in the middle."

"When you have one up front you've got to get someone on the edge of the box. I think you've got to credit Alan Smith to be fair. He works with me a lot in training about timing my runs to the edge of the box. He's been at the top level so I'm working with the best. He's improved my game a lot."

"The second goal I saw the keeper on the edge of the box. I've been working a lot on shooting in training. Alan says to me 'if you don't shoot you don't score'. I saw the keeper out of the corner of my eye and thought why not give it a go."

"I don't know if it's the best I've ever scored but it has to be up there. It's one of the best I've ever scored, yeah."

"I didn't realise their fans were clapping so I appreciate that. The goals are a bonus but the most important thing was getting through."

Premier league teams not involved in Europe come into the next round of the League cup and Liam would like to play his home town club Newcastle United and cited Bradford City's exploits last season as an example why Notts could also do well.

Looking forward to Friday nights game against Mansfield, he reflected on Tuesday nights game saying "We knew we needed to play better. Stevenage was good but it wasn't good enough. It lifts confidence. We wanted the season to start well with a big game coming up Friday. I hope we get a big turnout."