SHANKS PUT IN A SHIFT

Jambo is flying after weight loss

- BY FRASER WILSON

LAWRENCE SHANKLAND has revealed how he tracked down a dietician to help turn him back into a lean, mean scoring machine.

The striker is on a feeding frenzy of goals, with Hearts soaring nine points clear at the top of the Premiership while he leads the scorer charts.

His 10 strikes in all competitions is nine better than this time last season and has won him a Scotland recall for World Cup qualifiers against Greece and Denmark.

It's not just the skipper's hunger in front of goal that has stood out.

Jambos boss Derek McInnes last week paid tribute to the frontman’s running stats, which he said leads the way in maroon every week.