Kettlewell on injuries, Killie confidence & adversity

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Manager Stuart Kettlewell has been speaking to the media before Kilmarnock host Motherwell in the Premiership on Saturday.

Here are the key lines from his press conference:

• Killie are assessing the injuries of Brad Lyons and David Watson, who were forced off for Northern Ireland and Scotland Under-21s respectively this week. George Stanger is also a doubt as he won't return from New Zealand duty until Friday.
• Kettlewell has used the international break to try to build confidence in his players and says it wasn't any "different" to what he's always done.
• Killie are on a five-match losing run and Kettlewell says: "It's not been one thing that's let us down," adding they need to retain the ball better and stop conceding poor goals.
• He wants the team to react "well to adversity" and adds: "In this league you can concede the first goal. You can find yourself behind in a game, but it's making sure that you respond in the correct fashion."
• Kettlewell has seen enough in training to be confident Killie can turn their form around and says the "acid test" is on matchday when they must implement that work into games.
• The team are trying to "evolve" after losing key players during a "difficult" run of fixtures which included defeats by the Old Firm and Hearts.
• Former Motherwell boss Kettlewell expects the Fir Park side to take a "front foot" aprroach in Ayrshire and says even though Jens Berthel Askou changes his team around, they've been "pretty consistent".

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