"If I wanted a day out, I could buy a ticket and go and watch the game at Wembley. I want to go there and win. That's all that matters now.
"When I came here that's why I signed, because I wanted to get promoted, and everyone's been drumming that into me. We haven't done it yet, but hopefully we will next Sunday."
Gary McAllister stuck with an unchanged line-up at Carlisle and was rewarded with a memorable 2-0 win.
Kilkenny added: "You can see from the way he picks his team that he's got a lot of faith in the players.
"He could have easily changed it after Monday night because some of the players didn't do that well, but he's got faith and you saw that the lads wanted to repay him to a certain extent, to play for themselves obviously, but repay him as well.
"The manager's a top man. He's been very quiet and he doesn't say much. He just tells us what he wants and lets us get on with it.
"He's not a manager that shouts, he does that very rarely, and it's good as a player that he'll let you go out and try anything.
"For me personally, I can do that and I know that I've got his support, which sometimes (with other bosses) you don't have.
"But we can't have too many bad performances because we know there are players behind us ready to take our places and that's what it's all about.
"We were confident that we could go (to Carlisle) and score goals, and we performed very well. Now we're going to Wembley.
"That's why I signed for Leeds right at the very start of the transfer window. I could have waited and maybe found a Championship club or maybe a Premiership club but I wanted to play regularly and I thought I would have my chance here.
"What a club it is. You could see the way the fans helped us out and we want to repay them like all the players want to repay the manager for his faith."