Devonshire Colts striker Aljame Zuill has backed his shot-shy team-mates to find their goalscoring form and lift themselves off the bottom of the league table.

The Bermuda international has been sidelined for the last eight weeks with a shoulder injury he suffered in Colts' 4-0 defeat to North Village, during which Ray Jones' team have struggled to find the net.

Colts have taken just two points from their five league outings so far this season and have tough matches against Boulevard and defending champions PHC on the horizon.

They squandered numerous scoring chances against newly promoted Southampton Rangers at Police Field on Sunday and had to settle for a share of the spoils to compound their early season woes.

But Zuill, who is now fit to return to their front line, is still optimistic about Colts' season and believes it's far too early for any talk of them being embroiled in a relegation battle.

"We have what it takes to stay up, we as a team need to come together and sort ourselves out – it's still very early," said Zuill. "It's not what one man does but what we all do as a unit.

"Our finishing in games shouldn't effect how we play really. We practice shooting in training so it's only a matter of putting it into match scenarios.

"We need to show more composure in front of the goal and take our time.

"Game situations are different from training, so our guys just need to have a bit more confidence and finish things off.

"The players are still training hard, rain, blow or shine, so it's not like the effort isn't being put in.

"We need to put the pieces to the puzzle when it comes to game time."

Cementing a Dudley Eve berth now looks unlikely for Colts, but Zuill believes not qualifying for the Christmas extravaganza could work in their favour.

"Last year we started off better then we did this year but our problem was that we went through our slump at the midway point," said the Bermuda Hogges forward.

"Without the whole team pulling their weight the pressure builds. We can win our next two matches if we prepare better for them and we could have even taken the points on Sunday. But you can't dwell on the past.

"It's not that important to not be in the bottom two come Christmas.

"I have played with Cougars and we were bottom at this point and ran the table in the second half of the season.

"So it don't mean as much as people will make it out to be, we just need to pull our socks up.

"If we don't make Dudley Eve it will give us time to re-group and sit down and talk as men about how we will get the ship back up and running.

"You never know what will happen in the Christmas tournament, someone could get injured or teams become tired with the amount of games that they have played, so it could benefit us in the long run."