STRIKER Sean Rigg says Newport County AFC need to add just one key ingredient to enjoy a successful season – self-belief.

Rigg headed home to earn a draw against Crewe Alexandra on Saturday and the point lifted County to 17th in the embryonic League Two table.

After four games the Exiles are five points behind early pacesetters Morecambe and two ahead of bottom club Cambridge United.

And Rigg is convinced that they can finish much closer to the top than the bottom if the players have more confidence in their own abilities.

“I’m not worried at all,” said the forward, who helped surprise package AFC Wimbledon win promotion to League One last season.

“I see the quality we’ve got in this squad and I think we’ve definitely got enough.

“I just think we need a bit more belief.

“We probably don’t believe as much in ourselves as we should because we’ve definitely got the players to do something this season. I’m very confident.

“There are quite a few new players so it’s about getting to know each other and trying to knit together as a team and I think we’ve done really well considering.

“There’s a good togetherness with the lads and I think that’s what they lacked last year,” he added.

“It’s always a good trait to have and hopefully we can get a few more wins.”

Rigg revealed that manager Warren Feeney delivered some choice words at half-time on Saturday as County trailed 1-0.

“We seemed to be a bit lazy, a bit off the pace and we needed a bit of a kick up the bum to come out and give it our all,” he said.

“I think it was needed after a slow start and it paid off.”

On a personal level Gloucestershire-born Rigg says he’s happy with his start to life in South Wales and praised Feeney for not over-loading the players with tactical instructions.

“I’ve got confidence in my own ability,” said the 27-year-old ahead of this weekend’s trip to Hartlepool United.

“I know I will score goals. It was just a matter of getting off the mark and I was delighted to do that.

“I’m really enjoying my football here and I feel free to express myself on the pitch.

“I think that’s what it’s all about – the manager just letting you go out there and play your own game.

“I think these days you’re given too many instructions and it can kind of mess your mind up a little bit and get on top of you.

“I’m really enjoying it and hopefully I’ll score a few more goals.”

If he does score regularly we can expect more renditions of ‘Sean Rigg’s on fire’ at Rodney Parade.

“It’s good to hear the fans singing your name,” he added.

“I sing it at home with the little ones but that’s as far as it goes!”