Finlay Curtis: Will on-loan Rangers winger keep Kilmarnock up then go to World Cup?

There’s one word that springs to mind when describing Curtis’s display against St Mirren: clinical. He had three shots, two on target, both goals, and good ones.

He showed the quality that had him featuring regularly for Rangers in the early days of Russell Martin’s tenure, scoring three times in the Englishman’s first six games, including in Champions League qualifying.

He’s since scored four in Kilmarnock’s last six games under McCann and Billy Dodds.

Curtis was pushed forward by his fellow players when the squad took a well-deserved post-match ovation from a sizeable travelling support.

A player-of-the-match performance with his double, which took the game away from St Mirren, he was a constant nuisance.

And his numbers show a player who’s happy to muck in – 45 touches, 24 passes with an accuracy of nearly 67%, two key passes, one tackle, and two fouls won.

The most important column of all, of course, is the goals tally. And his brace has gone a long way to securing top-flight survival for his adopted side.

Afterwards, he paid tribute post-match to McCann and Dodds, to his team-mates, and to the fans who’ve taken him to their hearts with their own special song.

He says Rangers are getting a much better player back when his loan ends next weekend and that he’ll be sad to leave Rugby Park.

“I’d definitely say it’s been a beneficial loan, both on and off the pitch,” he said.