{"id":5267,"date":"2026-01-07T00:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2026-01-07T00:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:34:43","slug":"neil-mccann-kilmarnock-have-complete-faith-new-manager-and-billy-dodds-can-keep-them-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=5267","title":{"rendered":"Neil McCann: Kilmarnock &#8216;have complete faith&#8217; new manager and Billy Dodds can keep them up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Neil McCann has just been announced as the new manager and, much like Stuart Kettlewell, he was not the fans&#8217; choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, every new manager deserves a chance and the Killie support will give him that although our patience is wearing thin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Several new faces are required if we want to stay up and decent quality is needed rather than some journeymen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Good luck to the new management team and a win at Livingston on Saturday would be the perfect tonic although it is never easy there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kris Doolan&#8217;s interim reign ended without a victory and we once again looked like relegation fodder last weekend as Hibs briefly got out of second gear to brush us aside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was a 15-minute spell in the second half when it looked like we might get something from the game but our lack of quality and rock-bottom confidence is there for all to see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">I&#8217;ve been a Killie fan since JFK was shot so it&#8217;s a sad day when The Traitors ends up being your Saturday highlight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Every game is massive when you are in 11th place but the trip to Livingston is your archetypal six-pointer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neil McCann has just been announced as the new manager and, much like Stuart Kettlewell, he was not the fans&#8217; choice. However, every new manager deserves a chance and the Killie support will give him that although our patience is wearing thin. Several new faces are required if we want to stay up and decent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}