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I thought that was one of our better performances in recent weeks and we were not that far off the pace. Sickening though that the creative spark leading up to the goal came from Daniel McKay who we ourselves came close to securing on loan.

good luck with that Eagle.......you deserve a break

Stunned at Dodds’ comments that some players didn’t think we could win it. It is his job to motivate the players so they expect to be able to get a result in any game. We’d beaten Killie twice this season so there was no reason for them not believing we could beat them again. The challenge now for the management team is getting the mindset right before we play much improved Morton on Saturday. We need a team and squad who believe we can start winning again or our poor form will continue.

I thought that was a pretty poor game with one of the rare flashes of quality being the difference. Slack play from Sutherland leads to a chance for MacKay to whip in a wonderful cross for Lafferty to easily finish from a few yards out. Apart from this move I didn't think Killie created too much of note that troubled Ridgers. Unfortunately for us we created even less of note. Some long range efforts that went wide from Chalmers and Pearson (I think) and that was it. In the second half we seemed to have a couple of better opportunities to draw level. One of the Killie players made a hash of trying to shield the ball out of play and it looked like McAlear picked his pocket but he couldn't find a team mate to finish off the move. Most of the game seemed to be use trying to get a move going only to end up lumping it towards Sutherland or Hardy and neither of them looked particularly useful holding the ball up. None of the new signings stood out but that was only their first start or full game for us. Pearson and Chalmers could be useful for us but I don't think we got the ball to them enough to show what they can do. On the plus side McAlear and Welsh turned in decent showings in the middle of the pitch and Deas (with Broadfoot) kept Lafferty pretty quiet for the time he was on the pitch save for the goal. An improving Morton team is a tricky test next weekend. Can't say I am looking forward to it.

Are you sure that's the same Jordon White who used to play for us? On the commentary this afternoon they said "on too many occasions now for Rangers, Jordon White has been able to win a high ball with ease".

I agree, there were encouraging signs and we could have got back into it. Hopefully when the new players have had more time to settle in and get to know their team mates they are able to make an impact. Equally we had Ridgers to thank for a couple of saves or it could have been more than 1-0. We now have two home games and need to target 6 points from them, particularly with Arbroath playing Kilmarnock next weekend. 4 points out of 18 is not good enough if we want to continue to be genuine title and promotion challengers.

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