JOHN CARVER does not expect to be going anywhere this summer and insists he has put all talk about the future on hold until Newcastle United have kicked a ball for the last time this season.

The Magpies can preserve Premier League status by winning at Queens Park Rangers this weekend if Hull City fail to beat Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

But even if those results occur, Carver claims he will still not be looking for discussions about the summer and beyond until the final whistle has been blown at the end of Newcastle’s last game with West Ham eight days later.

Carver, having brought an end to an eight straight defeat slump with a home draw with West Brom last weekend, is not planning on leaving his beloved club regardless of the situation in ten days time, however.

“I have never ever thought of myself as a caretaker,” said Carver. “When I signed that deal it had nothing in it about caretaker. I am not a caretaker. I told the players that from day one. They understood that from day one. Whether that has affected them I cannot say. It has not affected my performance.”

Carver – who also suggested that “they have to take it off me now” referring to owner Mike Ashley and managing director Lee Charnley – is determined to finish off the job of keeping Newcastle in the top-flight.

Targets have changed considerably since he took over from Alan Pardew at the start of the year, when he claimed a top ten place could be achieved before a string of injuries.

“I will say this again, because of the circumstances I would love to see how anyone else would have reacted,” said Carver. “I spoke to Tony Pulis after the game and he said it was quite incredible what I’d had to put up with regarding injuries and suspensions.

“That is bad luck. It is not mismanagement by the club. I had enough players. At one stage I had a full team missing. Our squad of 26 is not a bad size – not many people have 11 players missing at one time.”

But his confidence in doing the job has not altered his determination to keep Newcastle up before he seriously considers what lies ahead next season.

He said: “We have focused on these two games. I like to know where I am by then. I want no discussions from now until the West Ham game is finished. We have to keep all our focus on it.”

He added: “Even if we’re safe. If we win on Saturday and all the results go our way, I still want to go and win the West Ham game. Then we’ll talk about it (my future). I want to win everything I do.

“This goes back to what I said last week about me believing, in my head, I am the best. I want to win everything. I’m so competitive. My pride has been hurt by the run of results. I want to do something about it. If that means winning the next two games that will make me feel a little bit better.”

Carver will be boosted by having the option of starting with Papiss Cisse at Loftus Road. The 11-goal striker was used as a second half substitute against West Brom, but he could be thrust in to the starting line-up tomorrow.

Carver said: “He is not 100 per cent. He was supposed to be out 12-14 weeks, but he has come back earlier and quicker than we ever thought. He ain't got the limp anymore and has had four weeks training.

“I didn't play him in the Under-21s or anything because I thought a week’s training would be better. He has worked extremely hard. Whether he is ready to start the game I don't know. It is trying to get that fine balance, because we know how important he can be.

“But how long can he go for? We could start him, but people say you'd then lose a substitute. I have to take everything into consideration. Is he ready to start ... it will be decided on Friday.”

Cisse scored Newcastle’s last away goal at Crystal Palace on February 11. Carver, who has ruled Siem de Jong and Adam Armstrong out through injury, said: “He had a pin in his knee then. It has hurt us. But if he had not been suspended he would have had the operation. But the two situations have gone side by side. We'd have lost him anyway.”