Kevin Lisbie has admitted this has been the most painful season of his career but is determined to put it behind him during the rest of the season.

The experienced Orient striker has been sidelined for four months after suffering a dislocated shoulder in the opening weeks of the campaign at Bristol City. Lisbie has been unable to help his teammates arrest their slide down League One until his goalscoring return at Yeovil Town in their last match of 2014.

The 36-year-old said: “I’ve played football for 18 years and this has been the worst season for me. Being a big part of the team and the boys not doing well, seeing their faces and how down they were and not being able to do anything was quite painful. But obviously I’m back now so will try to forget about that and look upwards.

“I’m not the best at watching the games anyway. It was a bad time for me and my family because I was being a bit of a pain in the arse.

“Hopefully I can look forward now and it’s all behind me. The aim has to be to score goals and help Orient climb the league.”

The former Charlton Athletic forward said: “When you get a shoulder injury and have an operation apparently it’s three months out. I had the front and back operated on so it was a bit frustrating.

"The fans kept coming to me and asking me how long I would be out for but it’s something I had to deal with and I’ve put that behind me now. We’ve got 20-odd games left now and hopefully I will be a big part of that.”

Lisbie, who joined Orient in 2011, believes he is still capable of playing for another couple of seasons. His contract is up this summer and with so much competition for places in attack, it is a distinct possibility this could be his last campaign at Brisbane Road.

The striker said: “If you truly love something and you’re capable of doing it you don’t want to stop.

“If you can continue to do it you will do it until your body tells you to stop. I’ve come back after four months out and scored a goal so I’d like to think I’ve got a couple more years in me still.”

When asked if he would be at the club next season, he replied: “I couldn’t tell you that. We’ve got six or sevens strikers here so it’s not for me to say.”

Lisbie’s comeback was a memorable one as he scored the final goal in their comprehensive 3-0 win over the Glovers to take Orient out of the relegation zone. He did not expect to start the game and admits it will take a while for him to get back to peak condition.

Lisbie said: “I didn’t even know I was playing until an hour before the game. I was under the impression I was going to ease my way back into it but Moons (David Mooney) had a sore groin so I needed to step up and thankfully I was able to do a good job.

“It’s going to take time and I was nowhere near my best.

“I felt good, got my goal and most importantly we got the win. It’s going to take a couple more weeks but I’m just thankful to be back and the side won.”

It has been a fast learning curve for new manager Fabio Liverani but Lisbie insists the players have been encouraged by the Italian’s methods.

He said: “I think we’re buying into what the manager wants us to do. He’s been here for four games and won two of them so six points out of the last six is decent.”

Lisbie added: “Goals haven’t been a problem but there’s just been little mistakes which we have to try and cut out.

“In the last two games I think we have been working on this and against Yeovil the back four and two midfielders were unbelievable.

“That was the Orient I know where everyone fights for each other so that’s what we have to do from now until the end of the season.”