Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce is adamant they'll beat the drop.

Bruce is confident his team will avoid relegation but says they will have to rediscover the form of early season to do so.

"I try to break seasons down into quarters and every 10 games, you look at it," he said.

"We had a really good start. We had an awful, awful period over Christmas — there's no denying that — and January, and over the last eight, 10 games, we've done far, far better (nine points from last 10 matches).

"We've got 10 games left — can we match what we did at the start of the season by getting something like 17, 18 points? That would be nice if we could, and we're capable, we know we're capable."