Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Killie boss aims to fill the stands
LEE McCulloch is looking to make the numbers work on and off the park at Kilmarnock after being confirmed as manager.
The 39-year-old former Motherwell, Rangers and Scotland utility player began a second stint as interim boss in February following the departure of Lee Clark, whom he worked under as assistant.
McCulloch guided the team to eighth place in the Ladbrokes Premiership and was widely expected to land the post and he now sets about bolstering his s q u a d a n d , h o p e f u l ly, attendances at Rugby Park.
He said: “It feels great. I was the interim manager twice before and I felt the time was right now with the club on its way up.
“Hopefully, we can make changes on the pitch and that will reflect off the pitch, meaning in the stands where we can get more of a crowd coming to watch the team. There i s no stone being left unturned i n recruitment. That is very important.
“We have 10 players in contract so we are going to need to bring in probably 10 players on top of that, so that is going to be a challenge in itself.
“So I am just trying to draw on all the experience around me, my contacts, to make it a successful transfer window.
“The main aim is to be a success. It is about building on that core of players who have been here and who are in contract, giving them a little bit of help, giving them a bit of experience.
“We have the youngest team in Britain and there are going t o be more youngsters coming in but, hopefully, one or two more experienced players to kick these young lads on and, hopefully, we can be a better team than we were last season.”