KILLIE BOSS HAILS 'PROPER MEN'

Published date17 March 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
killie trailed by two goals at the interval but produced an incredible fightback as they scored five goals in 18 minutes." to secure victory and overtake the Buddies in fourth in the PREMIERSHIP table

Captain kyle Vassell scored twice with Marley Watkins, Danny Armstrong (right) and David Watson all on the scoresheet to leave a delighted McInnes praising the character of his squad.

The killie manager said: "When the questions were getting asked of my players, they met that responsibility brilliantly.

"I've got proper men in that changing room and it was a proper grown-up performance .

"We were 2-0 down at home and the fans were getting a bit antsy. It's easy for my staffand I to point out what's going wrong but the players stood up.

"I wasn't surprised that there was an element of a response and once we got one goal, I felt the second one was coming.

"I was always confident we had another goal in us but to get five was fantastic. I'm delighted for my front two getting the goals as they led the line well.

"It was such a big game and it felt like a proper game, which is recognition of the season that both clubs are having.

"We were second best for the first half hour and never met the threat that they posed. We didn't do stuff we worked on through the week and there was loads of stuffwrong with us in that opening half hour.

"sometimes you need half-time to reset and we scored five goals in 18 minutes." - it could have been more."

stephen robinson believes his st Mirren players were unable to deal with the momentum shift in the second half. The Buddies manager said: "It was three goals in...

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