Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has declared that he is determined to prove his critics wrong.

The under-fire Magpies boss said that the criticism he has received in recent weeks has motivated him to fight for his future at the club.

He told reporters: "I'm a manager that's thick-skinned. I don't ignore it and it's not that it doesn't not penetrate me because of course it does. It makes me want to prove people wrong.

"I need to win games; it's quite simple, really. After the games it becomes difficult because we haven't won.

"The most important thing is that I'm putting the fight in the players and they're showing the fight on the pitch."

Newcastle, who sit 19th in the Premier League table after a winless start to the season, take on Swansea City away from home this weekend.