OVER the course of the next few months Sam Allardyce will change the face of Newcastle United in an attempt to finally end the club's long wait for silverware during his three years in charge.

Making few promises and delivering messages of hope rather than assurances that Champions League football will be back on the agenda at St James' Park, Allardyce knows transforming fortunes will be no quick fix.

In almost eight years at Bolton, the Reebok Stadium became a world of PowerPoint and ProZone presentations while the 52-year-old brought in doctors of oriental medicine, psychological profilers, dietitians and IT consultants. All with a remit of making sure Bolton made progress.

Having taken Wanderers into the UEFA Cup in two of the last three seasons, his work was successful.

Now, after accepting a job at a club with far greater resources and a higher demand for immediate results, Allardyce has embarked on a journey likely to have more obstacles than that he had become accustomed to in Lancashire.

He does, though, remain focused and intent on bringing all the ideas and more up with him to the North-East, where he is convinced Newcastle's fortunes will take a turn for the better.

"I want to bring in what I know works, that's for sure," said Allardyce, whose managerial career started in far less salubrious surroundings in Ireland with Limerick 16 years ago.

"When you have been managing as long as I have, the more success you gain, the more you realise what you're doing is right, the more you realise you have to rely on other people's expertise, on other people's qualifications and my job as manager is to pull all that together and manage it as best as I can.

"My track record stands up for itself and that is one of my strengths. A key area is to build that as quick as we can but it's not going to be easy because there are not too many highly qualified staff out there to take up those positions so you have to do it bit by bit, day by day, week by week."

He will talk with the existing backroom staff at Newcastle this week, and will gradually examine his options, with Carlisle's Neil McDonald and Hull's Phil Brown two names to be in the frame.

Former Newcastle midfielder Gary Speed, however, is ready to accept the offer of assistant manager at Bolton, which rules him out of an emotional return to Tyneside.

Allardyce, though, will not be rushing into anything but he hopes whatever appointments are made will help to rid the club of the depressive state that has grown in recent years.

Initially, though, his first focus will be to try to ensure one of the worst injury records in the Premiership quickly improves.

"My time in Bolton was telling players like Youri Djorkaeff, Fernando Hierro or Gary Speed that I can give them something better than they have ever had before. They've had that, they've all said it," said Allardyce.

"We do things differently and we do things differently because I rely on expertise in each area to deliver to the players to make sure they are 100 per cent capable of delivering what they're expected to.

"A pro footballer can play at certain levels but a pro footballer who plays in the Premiership has to be mentally the strongest and capable of working it out quicker than anyone else. That's the difference between playing in the Premiership and other divisions.

"It's only my way and I only want to do things my way. However other people decide to do things, that's fine by them. I know this way works and I will put this way into Newcastle as quickly as I can."

In turning to Allardyce following the departure of Glenn Roeder, chairman Freddy Shepherd went English rather looked abroad for his replacement.

"Managers throughout the world want to manage in the best league in the world," said Allardyce, who was close to getting the England job last summer before the FA turned to Steve McClaren instead.

"We (English) managers have a bigger job than we have ever had before by competing with these managers as well as our own in this country.

"For me, this opportunity is not only to manage at a big, big club but also to break into those areas which seem to be untouchable.

"At one stage this season, we almost managed it at Bolton."