Kilmarnock captain Steven Smith welcomes signing of experienced Gordon Greer

The 36-year-old defender returns to Rugby Park from Blackburn for a second spell at the Ayrshire club, having left in July 2007 to sign for Doncaster.

The Scotland international is Lee McCulloch's 10th signing of the summer and joins well-travelled pros like Kirk Broadfoot and Chris Burke, and Smith, 31, is glad to be getting help from some more old heads.

The former Rangers player said: The signings we made have brought a bit experience into the team, which was needed.

I don't think the balance of the squad has been right for a few years.

The manager has tried to address that by signing the likes of Kirk Broadfoot, Gordon Greer, Chris Burke and even Lee Erwin has played in the division as well.

Gordon is a really nice guy but he obviously has really high standards. You can tell by the way he has looked after himself. He does everything properly off the pitch.

The new players have all played at a really good level, some of them at international level so you don't have to worry about their standards.

There still is a lot of young players at Kilmarnock, which is great. Everyone wants to see that.

But having guys who have played at a really high level about the club and the standards they set personally helps everyone.

And for me, it is good to have them because we had me, Kris Boyd and Jamie McDonald, recently, who were the experienced guys.

But this might take a bit of pressure off us because there isn't just one or two people saying, 'This is what you need to do off the field, you need to prepare right' - there are seven or eight saying it, so it is good for us to have them.

We are looking forward to the season and hopefully getting good results.'

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