Abdoulaye Faye: "Steven Taylor is good, a good player. He's 20, 21 years and he plays very good. He is strong and he works very hard, I like Steven and he is also a very good person.
"He can get to England level, I'm sure of that. But he's young, with little experience. He's playing a lot now and that will help him. One day he will be in the England squad, that's for sure.
"When I first arrived I really thought we could get into the top six.
"This was Newcastle I was signing for, they don't struggle like this. This season has been not what I expected.
"Of course we can get in the top six at this club. Everything here is ready for that. When I came here I was joining a club with big names, big players around the place. I thought we'd do well this season. I thought top six, top five or even get in the Champions League. It's not happened like that at all.
"Everybody wants to play in the Champions League and after very difficult times that's something we think we can still get to next season. Sometimes things don't go well and they haven't this season, but things are improving and hopefully next season, I think, will be better.
"I think it is better because everybody has confidence now. Last Sunday, we played very well and you can tell that everyone was very happy. Everything is good in the dressing room now and, from the games we have left, I'm sure that the fans will see that.
"There may be games where things do not go right, but we played very well at Tottenham and the new confidence we have will help us in the final matches. Before it was difficult. Before, every game we seemed to lose - whether we played away, played at home - we would lose. There was no confidence. Everyone would be miserable when they were around the training ground. It's different now.
"After our last three games, at Birmingham, Fulham and Tottenham, things have improved a lot. Things are much better. Everyone has confidence and everybody is happier now. There are smiles, jokes. We all think we can win on Saturday (against Reading) now, before we didn't look forward to games as much."