Of course, Kilman is working with someone he also played under at Wolves in Julen Lopetegui, and the No26 is determined to perform to his best for a Head Coach he has plenty of respect for.
At the same time, for all the preparation Lopetegui will give his team, he knows he and his teammates are the only ones who can influence things on the pitch once the game kicks-off.
Kilman continued: “He has told us just to ‘give your best every single day’. We've got big games coming up, so make sure, you know we have, we give 100% as we always do and things will turn.
“We know the manager is under pressure but we’re also under a lot of pressure and we want to perform and we want to get good results. We’re West Ham and we need to be performing and getting good results because that’s the level the Club wants to be at. We need to get our heads down and make sure we do that because Monday is another big opportunity to get it right and hopefully, from there, we can push on.
“We've got a group of very experienced players and we've got a lot of leaders in the team, so I think everyone has had their say. In moments when things are going tough, you need everyone to stick together and show that leadership. We have a big group of players who can do that, so we just need to carry on improving as a team and hopefully, as I said, things will change.”