Demba Ba: "I think a lot of people are surprised about what we're doing.
"When I signed here and saw the quality of the players we have, I'm not really surprised by how we're playing.
"That people are surprised I can understand because for Newcastle it is just the second year in the Premier League after the relegation but the team is very confident.
"I'm not really surprised with what we're doing. We're just happy being there, enjoying being there and just want to do everything to stay.
"I think it's going to be difficult (to qualify for the Champions League). When you look at the other sides they have a lot of players of big quality and they have money to buy the players as well.
"We don't have the squad they have and don't have the experience they have. We have to try and win as many games as possible and see where we finish at the end.
"I think at the beginning of the season we thought if we finish in the first part of the table it would be a good season for us."