Craig Dargo, who, as expected, completed his transfer from Raith Rovers to Kilmarnock yesterday, clearly does not lack confidence or ambition, judging by his comments after he had put pen to paper and signed a three-year contract.
Dargo, a Scotland Under-21 internationalist, made it quite plain that he has no intention of waiting patiently for the chance to show Kilmarnock manager Bobby Williamson what he is made of.
''I have not come to Kilmarnock to be a squad player,'' the 22-year- old striker announced. ''I am here to play first-team football, and I have confidence in my ability to do that at this level.
''Playing with a better standard of player in a good team will help me develop because they will spot my runs and make space and maybe also provide a couple more options.
''This is a fresh challenge for me and there are difficult obstacles in my way because there are a lot of good players at the club.
''However, I will learn from those players like Ian Durrant who have Scotland caps.
''I also enjoy a spot of competition and I am very much up for the challenge. Once I make it into the first team, it is my intention to hold on to the jersey.''
Dargo, who hit 15 goals for Rovers last season, is equally comfortable in a conventional striker role or playing off the front two, and is almost certain to be used in such a way by Williamson.
He continued: ''It is a big step moving up from the first division to the SPL, but I am confident that I will do well.
''I was on the point of signing for Toulouse in France but I am delighted that an SPL club approached me, especially one the size of Kilmarnock.
''This is a club with ambition and a beautiful stadium and there is also the possibility that the team will play in Europe again next season which would be terrific.''
Williamson, who is likely to lose the services of his central defender Jim Lauchlan under freedom of contract added: ''Dargo has pace and bite and comes to Kilmarnock with good credentials. I have been impressed with the references he has had from people I respect in the game.
n Pat McGinlay, the former Hibernian midfield player released by the Easter Road club at the end of last season, has emerged as a signing target for four teams.
McGinlay's agent, Blair Morgan has confirmed that Dunfermline, who will play in the SPL next season, are the latest club to express an interest in signing the 33-year-old former Celtic player.
Ayr United, who have shown considerable ambition by signing Eddie Annand and James Grady from Dundee, and the trio of John Hughes, Paul Lovering, and Michael Renwick from Hibernian, appear to be leading the chase to land McGinlay.
However, the opportunity to continue his career in the SPL with Dunfermline may prove too much for McGinlay to resist, then leaving first-division rivals Ayr and Livingston and another unnamed club disappointed.
n MORTON supporters were handed a stark message last night that new signings will come from junior football - and not from senior clubs - if they do not rally around the club.
They were told that their reaction would decide who will comes in as the next coach to succeed Ian McCall whose contract was not renewed.
The club chief executive, George Carson accompanied by one of the Morton directors, attended a supporters' club meeting.
A source close to the club said earlier in the day: ''They will be stating that no offer has been received to buy Morton FC. There seems to be people misleading the supporters - but no offer has been received.
''However, the message to the supporters is that what they do will decide who is in charge of the first team next season.
''If a written guarantee can be given by the supporters' club that the boycott will end and that season tickets will be uplifted, then we will bring in a top European coach.
''If only the boycott is dropped then we will have to look at a part-time manager and part time players. However, if neither of these occur - the dropping of the boycott and the promise to buy season tickets - then we will have to look at junior football and bring in a manager and players from there.''
n ST MIRREN have agreed a sponsorship deal with Leyland Daf. A club spokesman said: ''The deal is worth six figures over the two years and we are delighted.''
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