Newcastle United hero Nobby Solano has hailed the impact of Alan Pardew.
The Magpies are on course for their highest finish in the top flight since 2006.
Solano told the Evening Chronicle: "Anybody can make negative comments when a manager arrives. But now he should be given praise.
"When he first arrived people questioned him because they thought he hadn't achieved anything like this with Charlton or West Ham in the Premier League.
"Yet Alan has proved people wrong.
"He's doing very well.""The results this season give him a lot of credit and that's what does the talking.