Jefferies picked up a valuable three points with a win over Hibs

"We are grinding our way back and we have enough quality to put a wee run together," he said after the 2-1 win.

Colin Nish scored one and set up the second and Jefferies is anxious to hold on to the striker.

"If he gets an offer that I can't match then I will lose him," he added. "Time will tell but it certainly won't happen unless we get a massive offer."

Interview: Kilmarnock manager Jim Jefferies

Nish will be out of contract at the end of the season but Jefferies is not considering a January sale.

"I will be keeping him until the end of the season and then he will be free to go," continued Jefferies.

"It shows you how hard a job it is here because then you have to find people for the budgets you have.

"Sometimes when you improve them and they do well, they are targets for others and it's very frustrating.

"He will have an agent collecting offers for him and the funny thing is it will be clubs that are a similar level to ourselves who can offer him a few hundred quid more than I can.