Shearer: I'll do things my way

26 April 2009 12:00
Pundit turned manager Alan Shearer insists he does not listen to his former colleagues' opinions on how to keep his flailing Newcastle side up.The Magpies legend has spent the last few years as a pundit after hanging his playing boots up.And while he admits he respects the views of his former colleagues, he does not listen to them as he seeks to mastermined Newcastle's escape from the drop.The Magpies boss, whose side face Portsmouth in a crucial home match on Monday, told The Mail on Sunday: "I am not a pundit anymore, I am the manager."I don't really care what people on the outside say, probably like they didn't care what I said when I sat there on a Saturday night a month ago."Everyone has an opinion. I respect that, because that is what I do - that is what I did."I respect it, but listen to it? No."[LNB]

Source: Eurosport