Frank McAvennie has exclusively told Football FanCast that West Ham captain Mark Noble would be "annoyed" if David Moyes ever opts to pick a youngster instead of him while Declan Rice is out.

The Hammers have one of the most settled midfield partnerships in the Premier League in Rice and Tomas Soucek, but the former has been ruled out for around four weeks with a knee problem sustained on international duty.

Prior to West Ham's game with Wolves last week, the pair had played every minute in the Premier League season, with that run finally coming to an end at Molineux.

Mark Noble was the obvious choice to replace Rice, with 21-year-old Conor Coventry, who was an unused substitute for the recent defeat to Manchester United, their only other senior recognised central midfielder in the squad following the summer departures of both Carlos Sanchez and Jack Wilshere.

But McAvennie told Football FanCast that playing a youngster ahead of Noble wouldn't sit well with the Hammers skipper:

"Nobes would be annoyed at him because you automatically want to get in.

"Sometimes you say 'right Nobes, you go and sit in in front of the centre-halves and don't let them get in'. But it's so defensive. Because it's so good to watch West Ham at the moment because they're so quick and lively.

"They've got players there, it's how they do it. Do they bring Nobes in or bring a youngster in and play the same way, that's why David Moyes is given the big bucks. I know for a fact that Noble will want to play, but whether he can or not I don't know."