Saturday 31 January 2015 17:16, UK
John Carver says Newcastle now face a "15-game season" after winning at Hull as he seeks to land the job full-time.
Newcastle's 3-0 victory at the KC Stadium on Saturday afternoon has boosted the hopes of head coach Carver, who was confirmed in the role until the end of the season earlier this week.
Carver now has 15 Premier League fixtures remaining to turn his dream job into a longer-term appointment, with club officials still expected to look elsewhere for a successor to Alan Pardew.
"I want this job and we have all re-focused on what is really a 15-game season," said Carver.
"We are getting players back from injury and they have all got to compete and get in the team. Everybody's re-focused because they know I am now the head coach and I hope we are going to go forward."
Carver went on to pay tribute to top-scorer Papiss Cisse, who completed his long-haul return from the Africa Cup of Nations late on Friday night and made a brief appearance off the bench with the game already won.
"We got him on a train and a plane and he got here eventually," Carver said. "He might have been a little bit fatigued, but I wanted to get him on the pitch because he had travelled and made the effort to get here.
"It shows you that everybody wants to be a part of it and that is a good thing."
