Kettlewell seeks consistency after red card frustration

Kilmarnock manager Stuart Kettlewell insists he is seeking consistency and correct outcomes in refereeing decisions after admitting "pure frustration" got the better of him during the 3-0 defeat to Rangers last weekend.

Kettlwell will serve a one-match touchline suspension in the Premiership match at Aberdeen on Sunday after being ordered to the stand for his reaction to a decision, having felt a number of key calls wrongly went against his side.

"We all speak about players ensuring that they show discipline, so you obviously get annoyed at yourself with losing the head basically," he said.

"I think everybody will probably understand that this means a lot to me, winning games of football,

"You're not asking for favouritism in decisions, you're just asking for what you believe is the right outcome. I'm a human being at the end of the day. I work hard the same as everybody else here at the football club to try and see if you can get an outcome in a game of football.

"I acknowledge that human beings make mistakes, we all do. It's the consistency."

Kettlewell confirmed he has not sought clarity from SFA head of referee operations Willie Collum having had conversations in the past.

But he revealed the club have sent their own video analysis assessing comparable decisions in games, ahead of a scheduled meeting between managers and officials next week.

"I think there's going to be a lot of people sitting in the same position that I am [at that gathering]," he said.

"I've had really good communication with Willie to date, and I think he's doing a lot to try and improve things, but I think we'll all acknowledge that we're not seeing the fruits of that work at times at the weekends.

"These are massive moments in games of football. I'm not looking for any favours. I just want consistency. I'm trying not to sit here and make excuses."