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.
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.
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.
“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.
“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.
“When it turns, which it will turn and we’ll make it turn, it’s going to be something for them to enjoy.”
That feels a distance away as those full-time scenes demonstrated.
The harmony between fans and the team they enjoyed under former manager Steve Clarke seems light years ago right now.
