Alan Pardew: "A successful season for us would be Europe, there's no doubt about that. Any European qualification would be brilliant.
"The Champions League is something that really we shouldn't be competing for, but we are, and we are going to go for that as best we can.
"We are batting well above our level in terms of the teams and the salaries and transfer fees that these other clubs have paid. We shouldn't even be anywhere near them.
"What I do know is this European qualification is about as complicated as it gets.
"We need Carol Vorderman to work this one out.
"Players, like fans, are not stupid, they know if they have got a chance. Our fans are sensing that we have got a chance, and so are our players.
"But we have still got to be able to produce it on game-day, and game-day is what it is all about at this level.
"You get complacent or get nervous or get edgy, like a couple of the other sides.
"They have got a bit edgy - we haven't shown any signs of that and hopefully we won't.
"Perhaps expectation is not really too great on us. If you asked any of these on-line betting agencies who is the least favourite, we are probably it, and that's probably right."