Kilmarnock boss Alex Dyer wants new boy Nicke Kabamba to help Eamonn Brophy get back to his best.
Killie signed the 26-year-old striker from Hartlepool on an 18-month contract for an undisclosed fee and he scored off the bench on his debut in the 6-0 home William Hill Scottish Cup win against Queen’s Park last week.
“I think Kabamba and Harry Bunn (new winger) have taken us to another level, it was something that we needed, some fresh blood around the place and may it continue,” said Dyer, who hopes to have “one or two more in before the window shuts.”
“It is brilliant. It’s what you want from your new signing, you want them to come in to the building and hit the floor running.
“It makes the other forwards look now and hopefully they have got to step themselves up, i.e. Brophy if he can get himself back in the side.
“It might make him perk up a little bit and hopefully get him back to what he was.
“He is very important for the club, I want Brophy back firing.
“When Brophy is at the top of his game there is not many players better than him. We need to get him back to what he was.
“Hopefully with another person in the building it will give him that little bit of lift to say, ‘I need to work a little bit harder and up my game a little bit.’
“Whether it is Kabamba and Brophy together, or one of them up front, I hope they both do their job.”
He said: “The togetherness is back. Since we have come back after the break, everyone is at it, everyone is working hard and pointing in the right direction.
“So I am looking forward to tomorrow and the rest of the season and hopefully we can go up there and get a point at least. That’s our aim.”
