LIAM POLWORTH believes that John Hughes has been able to get the best out of him in the past – and he’s ready to repay his old gaffer’s faith in a black and white shirt.

Ahead of the close of the loan transfer window last Monday, the 27-year-old former Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Motherwell midfielder arrived from Championship rivals Kilmarnock on a temporary deal until the end of the season.

He becomes the seventh signing Hughes has made since he replaced Peter Grant in the dugout in November, and is enthused about working with his former boss in the Highlands once again.

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“I’m really looking forward to working under him again. He was a really good manager at Inverness and was brilliant with the boys, in terms of the style of play he implemented in the team,” Polworth said.

“I think he got the best out of everyone at that club. There was no reason for us to do as well as we did but he was able to squeeze an extra bit out of every player he had. He developed a style that we really enjoyed.

“When you are up in Inverness, everyone knows why you are there. The work he would implement every day, with the help of Brian Rice, galvanised the whole squad.

“They brought a direction to what we were trying to do and the success he had, for a small club, was massive.”

Polworth moved to Kilmarnock , who drew at East End on Saturday, in the summer and has made 20 appearances but only two have come since the arrival of Derek McInnes as boss in January.

He feels as though he has a point to prove and insists Dunfermline’s battle against the drop did not put him off the move.

“When you are a footballer and not playing on a Saturday, no-one is going to enjoy it,” he continued.

“That’s the best part of the job. Hopefully, I can bring that hunger into the team and help turn the results around.

“It’s just one of those things in football. Sometimes it doesn’t work out, and maybe it wasn’t the right thing to do. I just need to go out and play football, and hopefully that’ll happen at Dunfermline.

“A point to prove? You could say that. You want to prove that you are good enough to play. I certainly believe I am.

“This (drop fight) is something I’ve not been a part of in the Championship before but, under the gaffer, and seeing the quality of player already at Dunfermline, it is a massive club and we want to turn it around.”