"I still think I’m the best coach in the Premier League. That’s what I think. Now there’s nothing wrong with that. But I still do.
"If I have the right tools I can do the job. I’m doing the job to the best of my ability at the moment and I’ll continue doing that for the next three weeks.
"It is a tough time but if I walk around with my face on the floor it’s going to affect people around me.
“I never offered to resign, I never offered to walk away, I never offered to step aside, so contrary to what was in the media and on Twitter and different sources, once I'd had a conversation with Lee Charnley and knew what my position was, I was clear in my head on Monday morning that I was in this for the next three games to challenge the fight in front of us."
That's the same John Carver who's led Newcastle to eight consecutive defeats.
The same John Carver who since being in charge of the club has taken nine points from a possible forty-eight.
The chap who did wonders for dressing room morale last weekend by accusing Mike Williamson of deliberately getting himself sent off against Leicester.
Course you are, John. Course you are.