Celtic draw means East Kilbride must go on 'mad, kamikaze run' to win Lowland League now, says boss

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East Kilbride boss Kevin Rutkiewicz admits his side need a ‘mad, kamikaze run’ if they are to pull off a Lowland League title triumph this season.Despite a strong display against Celtic B where new signing Kyle Connell hit a debut double, a 2-2 draw with the Hoops youngsters at K-Park on Saturday means Kilby are now 10 points off of new league leaders Tranent, with a game in hand, and nine off second place Spartans with one game up their sleevesWith Kilby sitting sixth in the table, it looks like a tall order for the 2019 champions to reclaim the crown but Rutkiewicz isn’t giving up hope.He said: “We had the Celtic game down as a must-win and we came very close.“But if we keep performing like that, I am confident we will pick up points.“Teams are stretching ahead in front of us so we are just going to have to put together a mad, kamikaze run.“The boys are up for it though.

There are no blurry lines now.“We just need to go and win games of football.“It’s out of our hands in terms of the simple maths but this league keeps throwing up results.“After the cup game on Saturday [against Rossvale], we’ve got East Stirling next Wednesday and then Dalbeattie next Saturday so that is two quick-fire games that give us a chance to get six points on the board and see where it takes us.“As much as it is out of our hands, we need to make sure we get as close as we possibly can to taking 100 per cent of the points remaining.“We’ve got 11 games left and 33 points to play for.

There’s not a team who has gone on an 11 game winning streak yet so I have to be positive and be confident that we can put together a run.”Kilby now travel to Rossvale in the fourth round of the South Challenge Cup on Saturday (kick-off 1.30pm) and Rutkiewicz doesn’t