Pardew, who succeeded Chris Hughton as manager earlier this month, has watched the Toon slip to successive Premier League defeats to Manchester City and Tottenham since seeing them beat Liverpool in his first game And he is hoping owner Mike Ashley will be prepared to splash some transfer cash next month to allow him to bolster his resources. "We lacked a little bit of quality in the final third against Tottenham," Pardew told the Daily Star. "We have a team on its day that can compete with the top teams, but we need that quality and competitiveness. "We are looking at the market and hopefully can bring something in. You want a bit of quality, pace and directness and that is something we would like to add at some stage." While expressing his desire for fresh talent, Pardew is keen to keep the quality Newcastle already has, reiterating 11-goal hitman Andy Carroll is going nowhere in January. He added: "I have spoken to Mike and made it very clear that Andy has to stay. And he has said he is not for sale." Pardew insists promoted Toon, currently 13th in the table, will only begin thinking about moving upwards when they start winning games. "You can only stop looking over your shoulder when you win," he said. "When you win, you start to think, as players and staff, 'Oh Christ, we can win again'. But when you lose you look backwards."
