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They were better for the first 20 mins or so, but I thought we picked it up after that. Better, of course, is relative, because they only had 1 shot on target over the 90 minutes.

I'm OK with a manager sticking up for his players, especially in Killie's position. He wasn't correct. They set up in a way most of us weren't expecting, but I thought we had regained control some time before the sending off. Even if the goal counted, I think we had enough to go on to win the game.

Probably just part of his recovery to full fitness. No point in overloading him so soon.

Sweet

14 goals scored by the three winning teams today. Falkirk doing us a favour by being one of them.

Lots of good performances today, but I thought Fadinger was even better than usual, and delighted he got a goal. So he's getting my vote.

Lucky we're not one of those teams that gifts victories to teams on a 16 match winless streak.

Analyse that, ya pundit! Take your pick...

You can see why Killie get so many red cards. They're not shy at leaving one in on every tackle.

He has now. Looks like a proper 9. Circling the penalty spot, not being pulled out wide.

An England in Australia cricket score, maybe - so 4.

Saiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid!

I think we were expecting Killie to come and play low block from the kick off. So fair play to them for playing higher up the park. Once we adjusted to that, we took control.

Double whammy.

Who had Killie red in the sweep? Entire crowd raises their hands.

That was more like the shooting from Just we know and love.

I'd be tempted to bring Gordon on at half time purely for his height. Killie relying on high balls to their big men and we're a wee bit lacking in size,

Somone's been practising shooting. Keep that up and he's doubled his transfer value.

I fully expect us to lose some time, and of course, not blind to the fact any one can beat us on the day. I just don't see it with this Killie team right now. Dundee, St Mirren and Livi (with their recent recruitment) would all give me more cause for concern from the teams nearer the bottom of the table. So if we do lose, pin this post and blame me.

Unless the keeper is not part of the defence, then they all sound like defensive errors to me. However, when we defend properly and manage the last 20 minutes of games properly, the ball shouldn't be going near the keeper. Regardless, JBA said there were defensive errors that we needed to address, and I believe him.

We were spewing goals earlier this season and failing to close out games when we were up around 70% possession. Keeping the ball helps, but there have been huge improvements in our shape off the ball, decision making in defence and sticking to the plan when we are protecting a lead.

After the past few seasons where we struggled to address defensive issues, it has been particularly impressive that the coaching staff managed to identify the problems that continued into the first couple of months of this season, and found a way to resolve them.

TBF, most diplomats just say what their bosses tell them to say, but nicely.

The journos love him for the big tease that he is.

They are basically reporting what JBA said in his press conference - we would have liked a decision sooner - we have plans in progress to recruit a replacement - we are still in talks with Celtic, Welsh and his representatives