Source: Team_Talk
Killie boss welcomes tactics change
Jefferies was speaking ahead of Tuesday night's Co-operative Insurance Cup second-round tie against Morton at Rugby Park.
After an encouraging 3-0 win over Hamilton on the opening day of the SPL campaign, the Ayrshire side came down to earth with a bump on Saturday with a 3-1 defeat at Motherwell.
Jefferies questioned his players as to why they had adopted the long-ball style most closely associated with the south London club in the 1980s, and was glad to be told that it had been a blip.
"After a good performance against Hamilton, we should have gone into the Motherwell game with a lot of confidence but we didn't start well enough to set the tone," he said.
"Motherwell got a grip early in the game and we stopped doing the things that we were good at and resorted to thumping balls up to the front two.
"We don't do that and we didn't play like that against Hamilton.
"We asked them when they had ever had a session like that at training and told them to leave that to the Wimbledons and teams like them.
"We get it down and pass it, get it wide and get it in the box for Kevin Kyle.
"When you are under pressure there are times when you want to play it long, but in the main you want to get the ball down and pass it.
"To be fair, the back four were under pressure and they had nothing to hit.
"People have got to want the ball and show for it otherwise it is difficult.
"Their reaction afterwards was good, though. It was nice to hear them saying that we were right, that they took what we said to them on board and will do something about it."
Jefferies revealed that Alan Combe is set to return in goal at the expense of Cameron Bell after recovering from a hip complaint.
The Killie boss said: "Young Cameron has done nothing wrong but we had always targeted the Morton game as one for bringing Alan Combe back because he is the number one goalie.
"He didn't played any pre-season games last year but came in for the opening game against Hibs so whether he has played games or not, it's not a worry.
"Cammy has the makings of a fine goalkeeper and he's just a young lad."
