David Jones is delighted to have nailed down a place in the Wigan starting XI

David Jones is delighted to have earned a regular run in the Wigan side and has no intention of surrendering his spot.

Comfortable

Wigan will travel to Tyneside looking to offer a positive response to a 2-0 reversal against Manchester City last time out, and Jones believes the Latics can take plenty of heart from their midweek showing against the reigning Premier League champions. "Up until their first goal we looked comfortable, and prevented them from having any clear goal-scoring opportunities," he added. "Off the ball I thought we were superb for most of the game, although we could have done with a little more confidence and belief when we had the ball. "We expect ourselves to be calm on the ball and it was difficult against such a top-quality team, but I think we played the same way as we did against Reading and tried to move the ball quickly but accurately. "We could have done more to hurt them and we had some good chances to throw players forward and we couldn't take advantage."