Jamaal Lascelles believes that Newcastle United must "stick with it" the current set-up at St James' Park in order to avoid relegation.
The Magpies made a change in the dugout in both 2009 and 2016 when the club went down into the Sky Bet Championship.
But Lascelles is seeing green shoots of recovery from Newcastle and is confident his side can climb away from danger in the final 10 matches of the season.
Lascelles said: "It takes character, leadership and we have to stick together.
"The positive thing is we have a really tight group and we all want to succeed.
"The performances have been a lot better compared to the start of the season.
"It's three draws now but we need to start getting three points and win games."
United's last three matches have all been labelled as "must win" affairs going into them, but while draws are better than defeats, they have dropped six points.
Looking ahead to next Saturday night's trip to the Amex Stadium to face Brighton & Hove Albion, Lascelles admits that United need to get their act together and start securing maximum hauls of points.
Lascelles, speaking to BT Sports, said: "Definitely.
"We would have been devastated if we'd lost to Villa but the fact we went down and made it 1-1 shows we're still fighting.
"It shows we have a lot of personality and character.
"We have togetherness and we have to stick with it."
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