Daily Mirror - 30.08.2019

(^56) DAILY MIRROR FRIDAY 30.08.2019
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LAZY GROANS
NEWCASTLE v WATFORD
PREMIER LEAGUE
TOMORROW, KO 3PM
BY IAN MURTAGH
JONJO SHELVEY expects to
be left out of the Newcastle
side to face Watford tomorrow

• and he will not blame Steve
  Bruce one bit.
  If Shelvey, who missed a penalty
  in Wednesday night’s EFL Cup
  shootout defeat against Leicester,
  is omitted again, he knows it will
  be because Bruce wants to stick
  with the nucleus of the team that
  shocked Tottenham last weekend.
  There is a perception that for
  all his rich talent, Newcastle
  function better without Shelvey.
  Some even call him lazy.
  The 27-year-old refutes that
  charge. “I get labelled lazy, maybe
  because of my body language and
  I’m quite a laid-back character,”
  he said. “But you couldn’t call me
  lazy against Leicester.
  “I’m playing for another
  contract at this football club and
  I need to keep performing and
  training hard.”
  Shelvey (right)
  accepts he may never
  match team-mate
  Sean Longstaff ’s
  running stats – the
  Geordie covered
  almost 13K at Spurs,
  but insists every
  individual should be judged
  on his own merits.
  “Stats are stats,” he said. “You
  can run 15K if you want. Did you

Shelvey: Bruce right to leave me out..

see Gazza running 15K? Do you see

people like that? I’m not comparing

myself, but I understand football is

changing and I am evolving with

it, but I get labelled lazy.

“On that performance the other

night, I’m not, and if that’s what it

takes to get into the team, I’ll do it.”

However much Bruce was

impressed with Shelvey’s industry

against the Foxes, the player is not

expecting to play this weekend.

“The team won at Spurs,” he said.

“If I was a manager, I wouldn’t

change a winning team. That’s

just the way it is, so if I’m on

the bench and am called

upon, I’ll be ready.

“I got dropped last week

and was going to knock on

the gaffer’s door the next day.

“I got the chance against

Leicester, and screwed up with that

penalty miss, but you’ve just got to

keep going.”

1987: Lloyd Honeyghan

knocked out American Gene

Hatcher in just 45 seconds in

Marbella, Spain, to retain his

world welterweight title.

1998: Damon Hill secured the

Jordan team’s maiden Grand

Prix win in the rain at

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.

2004: Sir Bobby Robson was

sacked by Newcastle.

2015: Manchester City signed

Wolfsburg attacking midfielder

Kevin De Bruyne for an

estimated fee of £54million.

CHARLIE

NICHOLAS missed a penalty as

Arsenal’s First Division title

charge got off to a shaky start.

Nottingham Forest beat the

Gunners 2-0 with goals from

Johnny Metgod and Peter

Davenport. “I’ve missed two on

the trot – but I’ll still take the

next one,” said Nicholas.

BACK PAGE: 1984

CHARLIE

BACCK PAGE: 1984

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