Zero points out of nine vs relegation candidates is unacceptable for Killie
Some reflection on Saturday's loss at St Johnstone, before looking ahead to Dundee and what needs to change.
Playing at sleepy McDiarmid Park is grim enough without losing, let alone losing with such a whimper.
With a crowd even smaller than usual in attendance for St Johnstone vs Kilmarnock in Perth on Saturday afternoon, it was hardly set up to be a classic.
Cold, damp and dull, the extreme wintry conditions experienced by the central belt should’ve been enough for the SPFL to make a rare sensible decision and can the fixture card for a later date.
Despite the chaos ensuing on the roads for travelling fans, staff and other key stakeholders, all top-flight matches went ahead anyway.
How everyone connected to Killie must’ve wished the game had been postponed a short while into the encounter, which was delayed until 3.15pm due to the late arrival of Derek McInnes and his players.
The product on the park certainly mirrored the game’s low-key billing, with Paul Sheerin fulfilling last week’s pre-match press duties, and very little said about the fixture across the wider mainstream media.
Until Mackenzie Kirk’s glancing header on 53 minutes, there was little between the teams on a bleak November’s day.