Herald Sport understands that Kilmarnock are unlikely to make any decision on a permanent managerial appointment before Saturday’s game against Ross County.
Lee McCulloch has been taking the side since the departure of Lee Clark to Bury in mid-February, and he has impressed Rugby Park bosses despite the weekend loss to Motherwell.
But both McCulloch and the club are still believed to be considering their options, with neither party likely to make any firm commitments on their long-term future until the issue of Kilmarnock’s Premiership status is settled.
The current arrangement is believed to suit both the interim manager and the club, and no discussions have taken place between McCulloch and the board over the likelihood of him taking the job on a full-time basis.
McCulloch has meanwhile declared himself happy with how his players have been performing since he made the step up from assistant manager.
His three games in charge have resulted in an impressive away win at St Johnstone and two narrow home defeats to Aberdeen and Motherwell despite decent performances in both matches.
McCulloch feels that the Kilmarnock players are buying into his ideas, and that the Rugby Park side have finally rediscovering their footballing identity.
“Someone said to me after the Motherwell game that we’re playing a style of football now and that’s something the club hasn’t had for a while,” McCulloch said.
“It’s good to be recognised for the way the team is playing, the tempo they are playing at and the work they are doing without the ball too.
“It’s great that there’s an identity to the team now, whereas the last manager to probably have their stamp on it was Mixu Paatelainen a few years back.”
The work McCulloch is doing on the training ground is immediately apparent just by viewing Kilmarnock’s attacking set-pieces, with the players gathering on the edge of the area in a line before charging into the area upon the ball’s delivery.
“I’ve been getting asked after the game about our ‘conga corners’”, McCulloch said.
“I think they are dangerous and it’s just one example of the hard work and attention to detail we are trying to put in on the training field.”
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