"I'm not pumping my own tyres up here. It's going to be real hard work in terms of what we're going to try and achieve. It's all about players, completely about the players in terms of what they do on the pitch. We can affect that by information. But when it boils down to it, for this group I just feel it's getting that first win. If we get our first win, I think we'll catch fire."
"I've just got to take it as what we've got at our disposal right now, to show that we can coach and manage this group to the point where they start winning games again. Yes, we hope to get people in. The board have assured me that they'll work to do that. But there's no guarantees that that will happen."
Neil McCann, 51, becomes Kilmarnock manager after the club endured a 14-game winless run and begins with a visit to Livingston, who sit four points further from safety. McCann cites previous roles with Rangers (interim), Dundee, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dunfermline Athletic and stresses belief in his ability. He emphasizes player performance on the pitch and targeted coaching information as levers for improvement, and identifies a first victory as the likely trigger for momentum. McCann acknowledged summer departures of Kyle Vassell, Danny Armstrong and Fraser Murray and said signings are not guaranteed despite board efforts, calling the Livingston match important but simply 'three points.'
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