Greg Kiltie has admitted he’s still baffled by Kilmarnock’s predicament – but is confident the players can still save themselves from relegation.

The Rugby Park club host struggling Partick Thistle this weekend as they continue their push to drag themselves out of second-bottom spot and avoid a nerve-jangling play-off.

Killie showed what they are capable of last weekend as they demolished fellow strugglers Hamilton 4-0 to move to within four points of third-bottom Accies.

And Kiltie, who bagged a brace in that thumping triumph, said: “We’ve not won 4-0 all season. After we beat St Johnstone recently, you think ‘where did this all go wrong?’

“When we’re capable of playing like that, we really shouldn’t be in the position we are in.

‘Everyone is putting everything in and hopefully we can stay up. It’s a massive club and I don’t think it belongs anywhere other than in the top division so hopefully we can stay there.

“Look at the facilities here. They’d be wasted in the lower leagues. All the boys want to stay up whether they are out of contract or not. Who wants a relegation on their CV?”

Since taking over the managerial reins in February, Killie boss Lee Clark has slowly began to turn the club’s fortunes around.

And Kiltie insists the positivity of the gaffer has created a feel-good factor among the players.

He added: “He’s been brilliant since he came in and you see that in the performances.

‘He came into the dressing room and said he believes in us and that he knows we are capable of winning. When you hear your manager saying that, you believe it and then you go out on the park and it shows.

“He put out a really positive formation last week. We needed to win and the boys just attacked and scored four goals.

"The whole team playing well just helps every player. Everybody has been more intense and we’ve been going into games believing we are going to win which is a big difference from earlier on in the season."