Rory McKenzie admits making centre midfield his personal final season was well worth the wait.
Throughout his 10 years at Kilmarnock he is struggled to nail down a spot in the midst of the park, however he bagged numerous season awards of their title profitable marketing campaign for his performances in centre mid.
And now that Killie are heading again into the Scottish Premiership he hopes to cement his place additional in opposition to high opposition.
He mentioned: “It took its time in some methods. By means of the years, suspensions and accidents, I discovered myself in there for a few weeks.
“Then earlier than I knew it, I used to be shipped out broad. It’s most likely essentially the most I’ve loved my soccer, enjoying within the center and simply being concerned defending and going ahead.
“When the gaffer got here in, we began to flourish as a staff and personally I discovered that having fun with my soccer each week made a distinction.
“We’ve had via the years many an excellent midfielder. I’m by no means going to be one which’s going to complain.
“I'm glad to be enjoying, whether or not that’s broad proper or left it’s nice. I’ve loved it in the midst of the pitch, undoubtedly.
“Once I made my debut I performed up entrance. I used to be at all times as a striker when youthful, funnily sufficient, you’d by no means suppose that now as I by no means rating!
“However I can run and I can run for a very long time. Simply getting up and down helps - 'put Rory out as a result of he’ll monitor these runners'.”
McKenzie says final season was filled with up and downs, and admits it was certainly one of his hardest in a Killie shirt.
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He mentioned: “Final season was one of the crucial fulfilling seasons I’ve had but in addition one of many hardest. At instances I discovered it actually troublesome coping with the strain of getting to win each week, as a result of it’s not one thing I’ve been used to.
“Once I first got here via it was all about survival.
“We had an excellent spell beneath Steve Clarke however profitable each week wasn’t one thing I used to be used to.
“It was a little bit of a battle however we scraped via ultimately. There aren't any mugs any extra and the Championship was powerful.
“There was hardly any time on the ball - I discovered you bought extra time within the high league - and video games have been a battle.
“Issues didn’t go easily for a very long time, both.
“We have been the staff anticipated to win the league and win it comfortably, and but we have been battling it out with a part-time staff. And that part-time staff have been superb.
“It was troublesome to keep away from the awkward questions on why we weren’t doing so properly.
“We simply need to take the positivity into the brand new season.”
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