Source: Team_Talk
Gannon: Well must become ruthless
Well went three goals up midway through the second half of Saturday's SPL clash when Shaun Hutchinson thundered home a volley after John Sutton and Ross Forbes had given them a deserved half-time lead.
Jim O'Brien, who had a hand in all three goals, came close on several occasions himself and substitute Paul Slane failed to make the most of several opportunities to catch Killie on the break before Jamie Hamill's late consolation.
"When all the emotion settles down, it's a fantastic start for my Fir Park debut," Gannon said. "The boys applied themselves very well in the first half, they were strong, solid and carried a threat.
"It was a great result but I'm just a little disappointed because it could have been better.
"We had opportunities to counter-attack. Naturally enough, Kilmarnock changed their shape in the second half to go on the front foot.
"I thought young Slaney and Jim had chances to take advantage on the break. The players have to learn to be ruthless and get that fourth goal."
Gannon praised O'Brien and teenage trio Tom Hateley, Hutchinson and Steven Saunders, who replaced the injured Stevie Hammell.
Gannon said: "The real unsung heroes were Hateley, Saunders and Hutchinson, who really stuck to their task.
"They had a tough game playing against Kevin Kyle and Conor Sammon but they were manful.
"They gave us a platform to play and were well marshalled by Stephen Craigan.
"He looked like the player who played well against Steaua. I called on players like himself to lead by example and he had an immense game."
Kilmarnock manager Jim Jefferies could not explain why his side performed so differently from last weekend's 3-0 win over Hamilton.
Jefferies, who lost Garry Hay to a back problem, said: "It was the same team apart from one change through injury, but we just weren't at the races in the first half.
"I asked them 'when do you ever come to training and hear me tell you to punt the ball up the park all the time?' Even when we did we couldn't keep the ball.
"Everything broke up and Motherwell just came at us. Simon Ford and Frazer Wright were holding us together and Tim Clancy did all right.
"I was hoping we would come in at half-time 1-0 down so we could sort things out but the penalty gave us a mountain to climb."
Jefferies brought on Danny Invincibile for Steven Old, who the Kilmarnock manager admitted took a "roasting" from O'Brien, as he went for broke in the second half but Kyle missed a free header from six yards moments before Hutchinson's goal.
"There was improvement in the second half and I said to them the next goal was so important and we have got to make sure we get it," Jefferies said.
"After 65 minutes we got the best chance and it's not like him to miss.
"But we can have no complaints about the result. What I'm not happy about is that we didn't turn up in the first half."
