It is often said that winning is a habit but it is not just a meaningless cliche.

Leicester are the outstanding example of that in the Premier League as a team which were very nearly relegated last season are suddenly on the brink of completing a truly remarkable title success.

They could be joined in the top flight next season by Albion who have done something similar in the Championship. A team that couldn't seem to buy a win last year are suddenly sweeping all before them in their push for promotion.

Down the road from the Amex at Hove it is a very different story unfortunately where Sussex seem to have forgotten how to win entirely.

Two successive draws in the County Championship so far this summer means they have only tasted victory once in their last 20 games in all formats. Obviously there are mitigating factors like injuries and the weather but that's a bad run in anyone's book.

It is tough to see my old side struggling but as the Leicester and Albion have proved things can turn around very quickly if you do the right things.

There is no secret formula to winning. It is a bit like making a cake - you have to put the right basic ingredients together and the results will follow.

We got to a stage at Sussex when I was captain that I could tell we were going to win when I turned up at the ground on the morning of the game. That may sound cocky but I knew from the way we had prepared and the players' body language that we would be too good for the opposition.

Nineteen times out of 20 I would be right. And when you get to that stage the belief in the camp grows and it builds momentum even further.

Somehow that has slowly ebbed away at Sussex over the years and I don't know why. It can happen for a number of reasons but the key thing is to revive that winning culture we had during the glory days.

Now, I know some people will say I am talking nonsense and that our winning formula was one man - Mushy. But we had a team which had developed to a point that it could win games and Mushy being the final piece in the jigsaw just meant we won them easily.

So what do Mark Davis and Luke Wright have to do to turn the tide? From my experience there are three key factors to fostering a winning habit - hard work and commitment, clarity in what every single player's role is and lastly players taking responsibility for delivering on that role.

If Sussex focus on those three areas then I'm sure the results will start to come - just ask Claudio Ranieri and Chris Hughton.