It’s a no-brainer for Killie ... Jig has to get gig

LEE McCULLOCH has to be given the job at Kilmarnock right now.

There is no point in this interim situation hanging over the caretaker and his assistant Peter Leven.

The Rugby Park side should put McCulloch and Leven into full-time positions before tomorrow’s game with Motherwell.

Why? Looking at the situation at the bottom of the Premiership table stability will be key to surviving this season’s brutal dogfight.

For neutrals the battle at the bottom is sensational. With Celtic so far ahead they are wee green dots in the distance and Aberdeen looking to have the measure of Rangers in the race for second spot, it’s dull at the top.

Hearts and St Johnstone will fight for fourth but the real action is at the bottom.

It’s been an astounding past week for basement clubs. Talk about teams rising to the challenge.

From the bottom seven sides in the top flight, six of them won games in the past week.

Inverness beat Rangers and Hamilton beat Aberdeen. Dundee, Kilmarnock and Ross County all won while Partick Thistle are flying.

The odd ones out are Motherwell. Maybe that’s the point. They are the ones with management issues after the sacking of Mark McGhee.

Instability at the top is not looking like a good idea right now.

Look at Thistle. They’ve been outstanding in recent weeks to move into sixth with a manager in Alan Archibald who is steeped in the club and is the longest-serving boss in the league.

He could give Brendan Rodgers a run for his money for Manager of the Year because he’s working wonders on a consistent basis.

Paul Hartley has been at Dundee for a long time. He’s the same.

At Inverness, Richie Foran’s endured a tough first half of the campaign but the club now seem to be seeing the benefits of sticking by him.

Same goes for Hamilton. It seems there’s a demonstration every week against Martin Canning yet as shown against the Dons he knows how to dig out a big result.

It’s not the first time and it won’t be the last.

Killie have benefited from McCulloch and Leven making a seamless change when Lee Clark left for Bury.

They know the club and squad and made a couple of little tweaks which have improved their situation.

A new manager can give a team a boost of course but not really with 11 games to go and no transfer window to bring in new signings.

This is not a time for upheaval. We’ve seen it at Hearts and Rangers since the departures of Robbie Neilson and Mark Warburton – it can lead to confusion and new faces

Stability will be key to surviving the brutal dogfight at the bottom of the table

take time to get their ideas across.

Well are now in a position where any new guy is going to have to get his plans in place immediately because time is not on their side in this relegation fight.

James McFadden and his fellow coaches will help Steve Robinson but it’s not ideal.

Unlike Partick, Dundee, Hamilton, Inverness and County, Killie are in this tricky situation of having no full-time boss like Well.

But they are in a position to solve that situation right this second by handing jobs to two men who have been with the football club for two years and are in with the bricks at Rugby Park.

It’s a no-brainer. If Killie want the best chance to survive, McCulloch and Leven should get the gig right now.