Source: Team_Talk
Killen: Boss Mowbray upset Bhoys
Striker Killen, who ended his two-and-a-half-year Parkhead career by completing a move to Middlesbrough on Wednesday, feels the statement from manager Mowbray last year may have been designed to motivate his underperforming squad.[LNB]But for bit-part player Killen, that was the moment when "the writing was on the wall" as far as his own future was concerned.[LNB]He said in the Daily Record: "I think what he said did upset a lot of the players, if we're being honest about it. And, yes, the feeling at the training ground lately has been a bit confused.[LNB]"But that's fine. We're all professional football players and we realise that this is what happens when a new man takes over. He comes in with his own ideas and his own plans for the club. He wants to bring his own men and that's his prerogative.[LNB]"Maybe he was trying to ruffle a few feathers by what he said. Maybe he was looking to get a positive response out of the guys who were there. Sometimes a manager needs to say certain things in order to get a reaction and maybe that's what he was trying to do.[LNB]"Did it backfire? Well, I wouldn't like to say."[LNB]New Zealand striker Killen was one of four players to leave Parkhead yesterday, with Barry Robson and Willo Flood joining him at Middlesbrough and Gary Caldwell going to Wigan.[LNB]Killen insisted he was reluctant to "throw in the towel", but added: "With the World Cup this summer, I knew I had to do something to get myself some game time and that's why I'm so delighted this opportunity has come up.[LNB]"Of course there is a concern that I might end up moving down here swapping once bench for another. I'd be lying if I said that thought hadn't crossed my mind.[LNB]"But I still think I'll have a better chance of playing football here than I would have had at Celtic."[LNB][LNB]
