Confidence The Key To Toon Success

"The top four will be there and it's anyone's places after that.

"It (Newcastle's start) has been very good. I don't think anyone can have any room to complain. It's been positive, and long may it continue.

"There's a hell of a lot of new players for a start. It's almost a new team.

"Confidence is very high after the start, and we are all hoping that continues.

"So long as people are creating chances for him, Owen will get goals.

"He has proved that wherever he has played at whatever level, so I am not telling anyone anything they don't already know."

"The defenders look solid, and that's a credit to the players he has brought in, and obviously Sam as well for the work he has done.

"He has obviously done his homework on the players and they look solid, so it is a decent combination.

"The new Brazilian has only played a couple of games, but in the two games he has played, he has impressed me.

"Rozehnal has had a solid start as well, so it's great.

"Charles N'Zogbia was unsettled last year and there were one or two rumours about him wanting to leave, but Sam has come in and obviously had a chat to him and played him in a different position.

"If anything, he has probably been the player of the season up to now. In the five games he has impressed me probably more than anyone."