Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew calls for reform of Europa League to avoid toll on teams' performances Newcastle's win at Crystal Palace was their sixth in eight games, lifting them to sixth in the table and Pardew has conceded that European football is a target again. But, having blamed Newcastle's involvement in the Europa League for most of the team's woes when they finished fifth from bottom in May, he is wary of Europe's second-tier competition. "I think the Premier League need to look at it, on behalf of our clubs," said Pardew, who has rebuilt his standing on Tyneside after clinging on to his job in the summer. The evidence is there that the Thursday to Sunday [turnaround] is not fair. I think it's different for us than the other European nations. The impact of what we do in the Premier League is far different to their football. We want to be back in Europe, but you also think twice about it. I think the Premier League and Uefa should get together and look at the threat. It's something we're wary of, but we're chasing a Europe spot and that's what we want to get. Pardew made no secret of his disappointment in the summer that director of football Joe Kinnear failed to make any permanent signings, but with the team going well, he is happy to go into the January transfer window without needing to sign new players. "We've had meetings about the transfer window and I've been told we're in a good position in all ways," Pardew said. We're working well, we're looking at players and we're making phone calls. Those are the sort of calls that every team in the Premier League are making, just to see where clubs are and what they want to do. If one [player] becomes available that we know and like then who knows? We might do business. I'm not overly concerned to bring somebody in at this time, although that's not to say that we won't.