Hammering can lift Killie

Wright hopes Killie can put the 5-1 defeat by Hibernian behind them by pushing into the top four in the Scottish Premier League over the coming weeks - and returning to the national stadium in the future. Wright said: "It's always good to make it to Hampden and play in a national final. "We just need to sure if we are back next time that we win. We're in the top six (five points behind Hearts in fourth) and we just need to try and finish as high as we can. "Hearts seem to be in a bit of a freefall at the moment. We have a game in hand on them and play them in a couple of weeks, so if we can win that then it will be tight." Wright was disappointed with the way Killie fell behind to Rob Jones' first-half header. The 27-year-old said: "It was their first corner and they scored from it. It was something we talked about, not conceding from set-pieces." Abdessalam Benjelloun and Steven Fletcher extended Hibernian's lead before Gordon Greer headed Killie a lifeline. Former Stranraer defender Wright said: "I thought maybe if we managed to get a second goal we might have had a chance but then they go up the park and score a fourth and fifth and that was it - curtains. "That always happens if you are chasing a game, there is a chance you will get caught out. They just seemed to score with every chance they had."