So is it alright to dream yet?

Staying grounded is something I'm pretty good at. My parents say that I'm cold and sometimes heartless, but I very seldom find myself getting overly excited about things. Conversely I find myself rarely getting too down about things. I can't help it. You can even call it boring if you like!

This of course applies to everything including Newcastle United. Don't get me wrong, I get angry when we lose, disappointed, hurt and so on, but I soon pick myself up and dust myself down ready for more. Likewise when things are going well, I tend to not get overly carried away with and sit in wait in anticipation of the next bombshell dropping.

However you can't help but look at the league table and have a bit of a dream can you? I mean with 15 games to go we are in the box seat for Europe. Granted there is a long way to go still, but at the moment we are there and we still have our big hitters to slot back in the team. It's pretty mad really. So the question is, are you allowing yourself to dream yet?

I'll make it easier for you. How about a bit of encouragement from our Club Captain and our Manager?

"It's good to win in this way, and we know now that we can have dreams because we're one point, maybe two points, away from the total you need to be safe," said Fabricio Coloccini after the Blackburn game.

"That's good, because we can look forward. Why not dream about playing in a European cup? I think it is okay to dream - but only if we keep winning," he added.

Maybe a case of Colo-dreamy instead of Coloccini!

How about Alan Pardew? Is he keeping calm? Well kind of, although he admits that the team could achieve "something special" this season.

“It’s a great opportunity now. We’re fifth, and above Arsenal and Liverpool. It’s incredible. We’ve got to try and keep it going, and chase Chelsea down," Pardew told the Chronicle.

He added: “It’s all to play for. We’ve got 15 cup finals. We’ve got 39 points, and we’re safe. We’ve done one job, and hopefully we can achieve something special.”

So what do you reckon? Should we be aiming for Chelsea? They are in our sites after all? Bowburnmag (RIP) used to tell me all the time to "aim for the stars and even if you miss you'll land on the moon."

Well Steve, I think you're bang on the money!