Gary Fraser tells Kilmarnock they were lucky Partick did not put eight past them

Gary Fraser has told Kilmarnock they got off lightly after suffering a 5-2 defeat to Partick Thistle, saying they could have hit eight.

The midfielder weighed in with one of the goals as Thistle cruised to an impressive victory at Rugby Park on Saturday.

The midfielder weighed in with one of the goals as Thistle cruised to an impressive victory at Rugby Park on Saturday.

The result was branded an embarrassment'' by Killie boss Gary Locke and Fraser believes the outcome could have been worse for their hosts.

It was great to get a two-goal start so early in the game,'' the Partick midfielder said.But I think my goal was the turning point because it set us on our way.

At 2-1 you're never safe but we knew at half time that, if we could score the next one, then we'd win the game.

I was delighted to get the goal but we're definitely disappointed that we didn't end up with more goals.

We had plenty of chances and it could have been 8-2, to be honest with you.

However, you can't complain about scoring five away from home because not many teams can do that.''

Thistle's early season form had seen them languishing in the danger zone, but the win at Kilmarnock allowed them to leapfrog the Ayrshire outfit and move into ninth spot in the Premiership.

We've played well before but not had the end product in the way we did against Kilmarnock,'' Fraser said.

If we can add that to our game then we can push for a top-six place.''

Kris Doolan helped himself to an early double as Partick started brightly, before Northern Ireland international Josh Magennis pulled a goal back for Killie.

Fraser netted early in the second half and Robbie Muirhead claimed a brace, while Mark Connolly was also on the scoresheet for the home side.

It was a comfortable win for Partick and a humiliating result for Kilmarnock manager Locke, just a week after holding Celtic to a goalless draw at Parkhead.

It was embarrassing at times, to be fair, and the players know that,'' he said.

It was the same team who did well at Parkhead last week barring one change. They got plaudits last week but they will get stick this week and rightly so.

I said to the players 'you can't just turn up one week out of three, you've got to turn up every week because it's a tough league'.

We didn't do the ugly side of the game this time and that's why we got beat.

As a manager it's so frustrating, especially at home. To lose five goals in any game is an embarrassment.''