No fat-heads thanks, says Lovenkrands
Posted on May 17th, 2011 | 11 Comments |
Newcastle United’s Peter Lovenkrands praises the team spirit shown this season.
When I first saw Lovenkrands’ quote saying: “Leave your ego at the entrance door“, I misread it and thought it said ‘egg’ instead of ‘ego’. This led to a certain amount of confusion on my part as I wondered what particular eggs they were talking about. Was it a message to the WAGs or was it some sort of discrimination against that culinary perfection that is the hen’s egg?
A swift Google revealed that I could be the proud owner of a Newcastle United egg-cup for a mere £3.99 but little else connecting eggs to our club. Thankfully after a re-read of Lovenkrands’ comment I twigged that it said ‘ego’ and all was clear.
What the Danish (or possibly Scottish) striker is getting at is that any new arrivals will be expected to buy into the team spirit initially fostered by Hughton and then maintained by Pardew, and new arrivals with big egos will not be welcomed with open arms.
Lovenkrands said:
“Hopefully there’ll be a couple of new arrivals in the summer, but whoever comes into the club will have to buy in to the spirit that’s already here.
“I think whoever comes into the club will learn pretty quickly that we’re a team and one of our biggest strengths is the way we stick together.
“The whole of the squad works for each other. You only have to look at the Chelsea game to see that – some key players were missing, but the rest of the lads were determined to come in and do well for the good of the group.
“That won’t disappear in the summer. We’ll come back at the start of pre-season and the spirit will still be there.
“We’ve shown great resilience and team spirit through the whole of the season. We’ve shown we can go to some of the toughest grounds in the country and get a result, and you don’t do that unless you have a real togetherness and belief in the dressing room.
“We’ve had a lot of good results away from home, and that just shows the character we have at the club. You need that if you’re going to achieve anything.
“We’ve shown good character all season, but we have to make sure we take it into next year. We’ll have a good break, and hopefully there’ll be a couple of new faces to greet us when we come back.
“Then we can look to do the same things that we’ve done this year, because we can be pleased with the progress we’ve made.”
I tend to agree with Lovenkrands there actually. There have been a few games where we seemed to lack for effort but overall the team has tried hard and there does indeed seem to be an air of togetherness about them.
Lovenkrands has been quite pleased with his individual performance this season too, saying:
“It’s been a fantastic season for me personally. A lot of things have happened with the club, and a few injuries here and there have given me a chance to play. But I think I’ve taken that chance and justified my place in the team.
“I think I’ve shown great commitment, and I’m really proud of the way my season has gone. I just hope I can be involved as much next season and prove to people again that they can rely on me. My job is to help as much as I can.”
So there you have it. And not an egg in sight.
I like lovenkrands, he has critics, but i dont know what some people expect from a player that cost nowt, no club wanted him last summer and he came back played his part last season and has done this season.
Id have him upfront over cole everytime!