make it more of a habit.

The Bermudian international striker and his team-mates at English Second Division side, Stoke City, have been going through a rough time of it of late.

The Potters are languishing around mid-table and were embarassingly dumped out of the FA Cup by non-leaguers Nuneaton Borough last week after a replay.

In a bid to halt the slide in form, Lightbourne sat down with the rest of the City playing staff before Saturday's game with Swindon for a heart to heart.

Hearing a few home truths obviously did the trick as they ran out 3-0 winners at the County Ground -- two of the goals coming from the Island player.

"I know I haven't scored enough goals for Stoke,'' Lightbourne said. "But I still believe I will go on a run at some time.

"I have patches when I score, but I know I need to be chipping in more regularly. I've been through a lot at Stoke, but I remain just as determined to succeed.'' That determination appeared to have been missing in recent games and it led to rumours that he might find himself loaned out to another team in a bid to recapture his form.

But one player can never be wholly held responsible for a downturn in club fortunes and Lightbourne said the team knew they had to stick together if they were to see light at the end of the tunnel.

"We just sat down and discussed our position in the League,'' he said. "We just asked ourselves where we wanted to be at the end of the season -- in the First or back in this division? "It was good for everyone to get a few things off their chest. We had a similar meeting last season and then went on a run.

"I'm not saying the same thing will happen, but it could help.'' Lightbourne said sometimes people questioned the players' attitude when teams went on a winless streak.

"Sometimes people get the wrong impression about us when results are going badly,'' he said.

"We do all want to get out of this league. No-one wants to stay in the Second Division. Not the players, not the manager and not the supporters.'' Lightbourne said the cup humbling had made the team realise something needed to be done -- and fast -- if the season was to be salvaged.

"We took a lot of criticism in the week after losing in the FA Cup,'' he said. "We agreed in our meeting we had to turn our season around. At the moment we are kind of mid-table and we have to do something about it.

"It has been a difficult week, but no-one can say the lads didn't show the right spirit out there,'' he said, referring to the Swindon victory. "We badly needed this win and now we have got to pick up our home form.'' Kyle Lightbourne: scored twice in the 3-0 victory over Swindon.