NEWCASTLE UNITED captain Fabricio Coloccini insists he is not worried about his side's lack of goals this season and believes the attacking players at the club are more than capable of creating enough chances to win games.

The Magpies remain unbeaten in the new campaign, but in two of their four Premier League games so far Alan Pardew's men have failed to find the back of the net, including Monday night's goalless draw with Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road.

The club's failure to bring a striker in before the transfer window closed has heaped pressure on Leon Best, Shola Ameobi, Peter Lovenkrands and new boy Demba Ba to come up with the goods.

Last season each of those players failed to hit double figures and there are concerns around Tyneside that the Magpies could struggle to find the back of the net until Pardew gets the opportunity to bring in reinforcements in January.

Try telling that to Coloccini though, who insists there will not be a problem scoring goals, because of the attacking quality the squad boasts.

He said: "I do not have any worries about our attacking. I know we have a side that is capable of creating chances and scoring goals and you will see that in the next few games.

"It was difficult on Monday because I thought QPR played a very good game and prevented us from creating too many chances. They pressured the ball very well. But I don't think there is any issues in terms of us creating things - we scored three goals in the two games before that.

"We have very good creative players. We have strong attackers and strong midfielders - I really don't think there will be a problem is terms of scoring goals."

One thing the Magpies cannot be faltered for this season, though, is their defensive displays.

Pardew's men boast the meanest back line in English football, having conceded once in four games - only Stoke City have equalled that impressive figure.

Coloccini has been a prominent figure at the heart of the defence and the Argentine centre-back believes three clean sheets in four games shows a huge improvement from past seasons.

However, the skipper is refusing to get carried away by his side's encouraging start, saying they must maintain it if they are to better last season's 12th place finish.

He said: "I thought we defended extremely well on Monday. It was important to do that because, when you're playing away, it's always good to take a point. We kept another clean sheet and that has been a key feature of our start to the season.

"It is important to be strong at the back and that is what we have been. Even the one goal we did concede was in the last few minutes of the game. That is good. We have been working very hard on what we are doing defensively.

"Things have been good so far but we're not getting carried away. It is still very early, but we had a good start last season and that helped us and the same thing has happened again.

"It has given us something to build on in the next few weeks and I hope we keep going and taking points. Our home form will be important, but it is always good when you are doing well in away games as well."