THE BIG MATCH: Newell in the mood for derby clash

The Championship table makes depressing reading and the double-digit gap to the fourth bottom side will take some making up, even if those above slip up.

But midfield man Newell says the players have a duty to keep their heads up.

"You have no other choice, we're professionals and that's what we're paid to do," he told the Advertiser.

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"It's a long season and if we win and others lose then the gap comes down. There's not a month to go, there's five months to go. It's a long time and things can change.

"All it takes is a three-game unbeaten run and the mood changes and the confidence comes back.

"We've a massive game now, a Yorkshire derby against Leeds United on the TV.

"We've got to be up for it, we can't go down with a whimper, we've got to keep going."

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