Kyle Lightbourne is not committing himself to a move away from Stoke City -- for the moment at least.

The Bermudian striker has joined Second Division strugglers Swindon Town on a month's loan.

But although the club have said they would like to make the move permanent, Lightbourne believes it too soon to make such a commitment.

"I found out about it on Friday morning when I went in for training,'' he said yesterday.

"It's just a loan move. I am just going to go there and play some football for a couple of games and see what happens.

"I see it as an opportunity to hopefully get a couple of goals while I'm there and go from there.

"Swindon have said they would like to make the move permanent if things work out OK but we'll have to see how it goes.'' The Island international was plunged straight into first team action on Saturday in Town's crunch match against fellow relegation contenders Port Vale.

He played for three-quarters of the game, which the Robins lost 1-0, before being taken off when the effects of not having played first team football for several weeks began to take their toll.

Though disappointing, Lightbourne said that in his own defence he had been given very little time to settle in before being pitched into battle.

He didn't have time for a proper training session prior to the game and was unfamiliar with all but one of Swindon's players. "We didn't really create any openings. But it's a game where we worked hard. On another day we might get a chance and put it in, but we didn't get a chance at all,'' he said.

With teams in such precarious positions in the league, there is always a great deal of expectation placed upon the shoulders of incoming players.

Fans want to see the team get the results required to pull away from the danger zone -- and patience is not always their best asset.

But Lightbourne is laid back about the situation in which he finds himself.

"There is pressure wherever you go. It's a team effort and I'll just have to try and make the most of it,'' he said.

He believes he has moved to a team that plays the kind of football that suits him.

"They do try and get the ball down and pass it,'' he said. "They have players like Ian Woan, who was at Nottingham Forest. He is a good player and so they do try and pass the ball a bit.'' The one player at the County Ground Lightbourne does know is Adam Willis.

The pair were at Coventry City together when the Bermudian was given his big break in the top flight.

The stay at Highfield Road didn't work out for either player and they went their separate ways.

But Willis remembers the talent that Lightbourne possessed at the Sky Blues and is confident the move to Wiltshire will be of benefit to both his friend and his temporary employers.

"I think Kyle will be a good character to have around the place,'' he said.

"He is very laid back and relaxed, in fact I think that's an understatement.

He's a smashing bloke.

"On the pitch he is pacy, powerful and gets up well in the air and has a great left foot.'' The next outing for that left foot will be away at Brentford on Saturday.

Kyle Lightbourne: hoping to make an impression during his temporary stay with Second Division strugglers Swindon Town.