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Not many. Interim manager Kris Doolan may or not take on the role long term but it’s clear Kilmarnock need an injection of quality in the upcoming transfer window. <\/p>\n
There’s no lack of effort but there is a lack of edge in the final third. It cost them against Falkirk, who punished that and stood firm thereafter.<\/p>\n
Doolan conceded pre-match that confidence has suffered but insisted he has good players at his disposal. He pointed to the need to re-engage with supporters. Perhaps not quite in the way Thompson did at full-time, though.<\/p>\n
“We’ve got to get togetherness,” Doolan told BBC Scotland afterwards. “That’s what gets you somewhere in football. Everybody pulling in the same direction.<\/p>\n
“They are down [the fans], they are needing picked up but I think you’ve seen the numbers they turned out today, which is amazing. It’s a brilliant place to play. The crowd are massive for Kilmarnock and I’m sure they will back the team. <\/p>\n
“When it turns, which it will turn and we’ll make it turn, it’s going to be something for them to enjoy.”<\/p>\n
That feels a distance away as those full-time scenes demonstrated. <\/p>\n
The harmony between fans and the team they enjoyed under former manager Steve Clarke seems light years ago right now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n