KEVIN Davies has revealed that a clear-the-air meeting between the Wanderers players has helped turn around their recent fortunes.

The Whites climbed out of the bottom three with a thrilling 3-1 victory over West Ham at the Reebok last night.

And the club skipper reckons the upturn in form was sparked after players exchanged a few home truths behind closed doors, 24 hours before the weekend game against Manchester City.

“After Wolves I sensed a massive change,” he said. “It wasn’t desperate but I called a meeting with the boys and said ‘we’re the ones that have got ourselves in this position, we’re not going to hide behind managers, we’re not going to hide behind formations, we are the ones who are going to get us out of it, so let’s have a bit of respect for each other.

“We had this meeting before City, a few of the boys stepped forward and I think it showed in Saturday’s performance, and followed it through against West Ham.

“It feels good around the camp. We just have to crack on now.”

Gary Megson gave his blessing to the meeting — and agreed with his captain that it had had a positive effect.

“He told me he was doing it,” the manager said. “He wanted to do it Tuesday, but I told him to do it Friday because it would have more impact.

“A word from the manager, the coaching staff, or the spectators will always have an impact. A word from your team-mate, sometimes when it is needed, a critical one, can have a thousand times more impact.”

Following a win over the Hammers and a draw against Manchester City on Saturday, Davies says it is vitally important that the club keep the momentum going heading into next Monday’s game at Wigan.

“Everyone knew that these games were going to be massive for us, and if someone would have given us four points, we would have been happy,” he said.

“We are out of the bottom three now and it’s important we don’t sit back and try and keep things going.”

A clean sheet continues to elude the Whites but Davies praised the way the side rallied after West Ham had equalised on 68 minutes.

“We were all desperate for a clean sheet, for the lads at the back and Jussi, but it could have gone the other way. I think everyone deserves a lot of credit for that. The second goal killed them off really, you could see that their heads went down.”