Start Kris Boyd in Every Match he is Fit to Play

[Muff 245]

Play Lafferty in his proper position and who knows what he could do?

He's a striker, not a left winger!!!!

Get that into your head Walter Smith, you clueless b*stard!

[lprm853 0]

The time is up on this joke of a system. Unleash the hitman and see what he can do over the course of a season by regularily playing.

He will anhililate the SPL.

This is the problem. We have some really uneducated fans. Have you ever watched Boyd play?? Apart from being a stone overweight just now, he has no pace, no touch, no movement, no heart and a shit attitude.

Can you please explain to me why someone with his "stats" has only been subject to a bid from Cardiff?

Are we not trying to get ourselves away from this old-fashioned crap? A big overweight "hitman" who stands with his hands down his shorts and hets tap-ins against QOS and Kilmarnock.

PLEASE WAKE UP. HE CANNOT PLAY AT ANY DECENT LEVEL.

The fans are the problem.

David Murray in disguise?

No not david murray, but you lot are the guys who hounded le guen for not playing your darling boyd and look where thats got us. walter - the blast from the past back to haunt us.

[simplythebest 11,453]

The time is up on this joke of a system. Unleash the hitman and see what he can do over the course of a season by regularily playing.

He will anhililate the SPL.

This is the problem. We have some really uneducated fans. Have you ever watched Boyd play?? Apart from being a stone overweight just now, he has no pace, no touch, no movement, no heart and a shit attitude.

Can you please explain to me why someone with his "stats" has only been subject to a bid from Cardiff?

Are we not trying to get ourselves away from this old-fashioned crap? A big overweight "hitman" who stands with his hands down his shorts and hets tap-ins against QOS and Kilmarnock.

PLEASE WAKE UP. HE CANNOT PLAY AT ANY DECENT LEVEL.

The fans are the problem.

David Murray in disguise?

No not david murray, but you lot are the guys who hounded le guen for not playing your darling boyd and look where thats got us. walter - the blast from the past back to haunt us.

So its the fans' fault we lost to Kaunas?

[Muff 245]

Off blue take tinted glasses springs to mind!

[lprm853 0]

The time is up on this joke of a system. Unleash the hitman and see what he can do over the course of a season by regularily playing.

He will anhililate the SPL.

This is the problem. We have some really uneducated fans. Have you ever watched Boyd play?? Apart from being a stone overweight just now, he has no pace, no touch, no movement, no heart and a shit attitude.

Can you please explain to me why someone with his "stats" has only been subject to a bid from Cardiff?

Are we not trying to get ourselves away from this old-fashioned crap? A big overweight "hitman" who stands with his hands down his shorts and hets tap-ins against QOS and Kilmarnock.

PLEASE WAKE UP. HE CANNOT PLAY AT ANY DECENT LEVEL.

The fans are the problem.

David Murray in disguise?

No not david murray, but you lot are the guys who hounded le guen for not playing your darling boyd and look where thats got us. walter - the blast from the past back to haunt us.

So its the fans' fault we lost to Kaunas?

no.

it's the fans fault we couldn't see that le guen wasn't backed with money (the way walter has been).

it's the fans fault that you sing boyd, boyd krissy krissy boyd as though he's ronaldo when EVERYONE in football knows he's an spl level poacher. at best.

it's the fans fault wee baz backpass has become bigger than the club to the extent he dictates signing policy.

it's the fans fault for allowing yourselves to be put down and shut up by arrogant old walter last season when everyone could see the football was shit and we were heading for disaster.

it's the fans fault for not making a bigger deal of the fact we have hardly won a game since March.

WAKE UP. WAKE UP. WAKE UP. WAKE UP.

[Canadaready 9,437]

Boyd isnt as good as people make him out to be.

Playing him doesnt solve the problems we have, infact it adds to them.

There's a higher chance of him not missing the chances Miller and Velicka missed on Tuesday.

To be to the point, how can he get better if he never plays? If it wasn't for him we wouldn't have two cups from last year. He will score 30 goals in the SPL if you play him. I don't see how that isn't better than what we have.

[rfc_no1fan 13]

Boyd isnt as good as people make him out to be.

Playing him doesnt solve the problems we have, infact it adds to them.

There's a higher chance of him not missing the chances Miller and Velicka missed on Tuesday.

To be to the point, how can he get better if he never plays? If it wasn't for him we wouldn't have two cups from last year. He will score 30 goals in the SPL if you play him. I don't see how that isn't better than what we have.

Thats like me saying

If you dont play Adam he wont get better

If you dont play Broadfoot he wont get better.

Boyd hasnt improved his alround game since he joined Rangers. He like many others are not good enough to play for Rangers. His goals cover up for how bad he is as a footballer.

[simplythebest 11,453]

Boyd isnt as good as people make him out to be.

Playing him doesnt solve the problems we have, infact it adds to them.

There's a higher chance of him not missing the chances Miller and Velicka missed on Tuesday.

To be to the point, how can he get better if he never plays? If it wasn't for him we wouldn't have two cups from last year. He will score 30 goals in the SPL if you play him. I don't see how that isn't better than what we have.

Thats like me saying

If you dont play Adam he wont get better

If you dont play Broadfoot he wont get better.

Boyd hasnt improved his alround game since he joined Rangers. He like many others are not good enough to play for Rangers. His goals cover up for how bad he is as a footballer.

By that logic Kenny Miller is an exellent footballer because he always runs and gets himself into good positions as well as being a decent passer sometimes. Hes a striker but the lack of finishing doesn't matter because of how brilliant an all round player he is.

[rfc_no1fan 13]

Boyd isnt as good as people make him out to be.

Playing him doesnt solve the problems we have, infact it adds to them.

There's a higher chance of him not missing the chances Miller and Velicka missed on Tuesday.

To be to the point, how can he get better if he never plays? If it wasn't for him we wouldn't have two cups from last year. He will score 30 goals in the SPL if you play him. I don't see how that isn't better than what we have.

Thats like me saying

If you dont play Adam he wont get better

If you dont play Broadfoot he wont get better.

Boyd hasnt improved his alround game since he joined Rangers. He like many others are not good enough to play for Rangers. His goals cover up for how bad he is as a footballer.

By that logic Kenny Miller is an exellent footballer because he always runs and gets himself into good positions as well as being a decent passer sometimes. Hes a striker but the lack of finishing doesn't matter because of how brilliant an all round player he is.

Where did I say Kenny Miller was an excellent footballer? Where did I even say Kenny Miller was a good footballer?

Idiot

[Bluebell11 0]

The time is up on this joke of a system. Unleash the hitman and see what he can do over the course of a season by regularily playing.

He will anhililate the SPL.

Right with you on that one Canada, a little birdie ( very reliable) tells me that Boyd has upset the management at Ibrox with his lifestyle and choice of friends. Also I hear he's doing well and getting back in the bosses good books!

[Deathsdoorstep 0]

Boyd's stats speak for themselves. Play him. He scores. FACT.

[The Hammer 11 2,579]

Boyd's stats speak for themselves. Play him. He scores. FACT.

[Bluebell11 0]

Boyd's stats speak for themselves. Play him. He scores. FACT.

That's all very well and good and I totally agree, but someone decides if he steps foot on the pitch!!!!!

[The Hammer 11 2,579]

Boyd's stats speak for themselves. Play him. He scores. FACT.

That's all very well and good and I totally agree, but someone decides if he steps foot on the pitch!!!!!

"so Kris Boyd has just won the golden boot after scoring 100 goals in the spl this season.Will he be starting tonight walter?. No Miller will be starting ttonight "

[davie_bluenose 20]

Is the problem WS doesnt want to be proved wrong so wont play him? Im starting to wonder.....................

[SUPERCOOPER 115]

Don't rate Velicka - another useless signing by a manager I am starting to lose respect for as the minutes pass

[craigbrown69 0]

This article makes the point on Boyd at the end: From daily record

Rangers must turn to hitman Boyd to salvage their season

Aug 7 2008 By James Traynor

RANGERS' season lies in ruins before it has started and their credibility as SPL championship challengers has been beaten senseless.

The bloody remains of their pride, pummelled to a pulp, gurgled down the drains on a rain-soaked Lithuanian night and will not be forgotten by Rangers fans.

In little more than two months they have gone from the sacking of Manchester to the sacking of the manager.

That's what they want, Walter Smith out, but it isn't going to happen. Getting rid of the manager days before the start of a new domestic campaign would be madness.

A cold, calculating look at what appears to be happening with Rangers right now would reveal they are suffering because of a financial inability to sign players better than those already in place.

They have too many players who cannot raise their games week after week after week. They were able to work to a system and stabilise the side but they don't have any higher gears.

Gifted though he is, Lewis Hamilton would be last off the F1 grid if he were in a Lada.

Rangers' problems can't be solved without cash. This team's glaring weaknesses have been laid bare and it's because of these basic deficiencies Rangers are out of Europe even before Queen of the South. That, so far as the vast majority of their fans are concerned, amounts to a crisis.

Smith's side haven't entered the SPL dogfight yet they are already in a tailspin.

They could be pulled out of it but that will demand greater realism than has been shown so far. It will also require further spending and that's where the chairman, David Murray, must step forward.

Finances are not great and £9million has been dished out to bring Kenny Miller, Kyle Lafferty, Andrius Velicka and Madjid Bougherra to Ibrox but more is needed.

The writing for this team had been on the wall even before the end of last season. That wall collapsed on them in Kaunas and the 2-1 defeat will go down in infamy.

Just by glancing at Smith afterwards it was obvious he had just taken an eye-watering boot in the Baltics and although reeling from the pain he and his chairman need to come up with a new plan.

Too late now for Europe but if they don't act decisively and before the transfer window closes it will be too late for the domestic season.

And if the early signs suggest that the title is well beyond their reach it will also be too late to bridge the gap between Murray and Smith and the fans. Judging by the support's reaction to Tuesday night's humiliation it might already be too late to repair that damage.

The fans are demanding heads roll and a weak and clumsy start to the league - Rangers are in Falkirk on Saturday - will add to the clamour and the hysteria.

And after Falkirk it's Hearts at home and then two away matches, Aberdeen and Celtic. Not a ball kicked in the league and it's already make or break time.

That's why Murray and Smith need to work quickly if they are to drag this side back from the brink and let's be sensible about this. It is folly to demand Smith be sacked right now, and not simply because of what he almost achieved last season.

He's aware of the problems and he has to be trusted to solve them. You can be sure he knows he has to stiffen the midfield, get proper pace and width and appreciate the need to give the attack a cutting edge.

Remember, Rangers did score a fair number of goals last season despite their much-criticised system but there is little faith in the players now time is against the manager because a tremendous incentive has just been handed to Celtic.

They now have the chance to forge so far ahead this season it could take several more after that for Rangers to catch up.

Celtic are already beneficiaries of Rangers' European exit, taking the full £4m initial Champions League pay-out instead of sharing it with the Ibrox club but Gordon Strachan's side will also generate at least £10m from the competition's group stage.

If that money is reinvested wisely in the squad Celtic could set themselves up as the dominant force for years to come.

So the consequence of such a crushing defeat the other night are likely to be far-reaching for Rangers unless drastic action is taken and that must include increasing their debt although that's an avenue Murray will be wary of venturing down.

He can't leave things as they are because the squad is hopeless and if he's being honest he'd admit that much was apparent even before the end of last season. A great deal was made about fatigue ruining Rangers' run-in but the fact is they failed because they weren't up to the challenges.

Yet it's much the same squad now as then and Smith has stuck with his 4-5-1 system which in Rangers' case was designed to strangle the life out of opponents rather than beat them with football or flair.

This system, which Celtic have been trying this pre-season, can be highly effective and it can also be extremely attractive. But to operate it successfully a manager must have the right type of player.

For a start this method of play requires speed and width in the midfield, not to mention an ability to use the ball to get men forward into dangerous areas in support of the lone striker.

Rangers do not have the personnel to make it work and so their system is one which tries to close down and protect their own back division - especially David Weir - which it must be accepted is so sloppy it's almost comical.

They would probably have done just enough to reach the final qualifying round had Barry Ferguson and Carlos Cuellar been fit but, even so, the players available should have been able to cope. It was Kaunas for goodness sake. It wasn't AC Milan.

Ibrox fans were entitled to expect victory over two legs and they are right to question the logic of playing Christian Dailly where Brahim Hemdani ought to have been. Also, Lee McCulloch in the centre of midfield?

He's a decent big player but not there. He should be on the left side. Charlie Adam? He should be left outside.

This match should have been played in Kaunas' half and the Lithuanians should have been begging for mercy by the break. But Rangers were too cautious. They gave their opponents a respect they did not deserve and they have paid a dreadful price for refusing to be brave.

Even after the first leg Kaunas were afraid of Rangers and would have collapsed had they been pushed back into their own box but even after Smith's side had scored they continued to play without urgency or belief.

They didn't charge on, perhaps afraid to leave the likes of Weir exposed, but if he has to be protected to this extent he shouldn't be playing at all.

It is always easy to pick holes in a team after a defeat but Rangers should have started with at least two up front and one of the strikers should have been Kris Boyd.

Once again he was thrown on when all was lost but if Smith wants to win in the SPL then he has to deploy Boyd.

If the manager's own logic is used then Boyd must be a certain starter. Smith has argued that Boyd can't be used in matches against top-class defences because his work ethic is suspect but all the stats since the striker made Kilmarnock's first team suggest he scores against Scottish teams.

Does any Rangers fan need reminding it's only Scottish opposition that's left?

Unless Murray suddenly pulls another £9m or so from his wallet Smith should go back to two front men, Boyd and any one from Miller, Velicka and Lafferty. But even that style would depend largely on the ability of the midfield to provide ammunition.

Incidentally, why pay £3.5m for the Irishman and then leave him on the bench? The Ibrox support want to see if he can form a partnership with Boyd.

Murray and Smith will need to listen to the crowds because according to the angry voices the management have spent their goodwill.

The SPL title will have to be delivered if those bridges are to be rebuilt but it is difficult to see how this current Rangers squad can meet that demand.

They don't appear to have the nerve. There is something meek and timid about this lot, who didn't even have the bottle to enter the same airport space as a group of their fans after the disgrace in Kaunas Fans were waiting in the main area for their flight home when the players arrived.

They didn't dare go through and instead stood in a security area until the fans had boarded.

More bravery is needed from this group if they are to salvage any pride in the season ahead but Smith will have to take a strong lead. So, too, will Murray.

What this pair do now over the next few weeks will shape Rangers' future.

'The consequences of such a crushing defeat could be far-reaching unless some drastic action is taken'

END

Boyd is not perfect i will agree, but goals win points wins league.

And he scores goals, that is pretty simple. So why not play him, who do we have better??

[chris_glasgow 2]

Kris Boyd is still at least a half stone overweight after seeing him at Troon for the senior British Open he has a bit of a belly :angry2:

[DecoLally 0]

442

Boyd and Lafferty/Miller

[Dillinger 0]

Boyd isnt as good as people make him out to be.

Playing him doesnt solve the problems we have, infact it adds to them.

Agreed.

The problem lies with midfield, Boyd fades without any support or supply.

Hemdami for Dailly, Furman for McCullough, Lafferty for Adam??

Bougherra in centre with Broadfoot???

[p4uly83 0]

Kris Boyd is still at least a half stone overweight after seeing him at Troon for the senior British Open he has a bit of a belly :angry2:

Didn't do gazza, DJ or Ronaldo any harm?

[DecoLally 0]

Man scores goals. simple as get good CM and wingers. we could actually do well this season.

[soulboy 2,518]

If boyd gets the same game time as Miller, Velica and Lafferty this season I guarantee Boyd will score more goals than those 3 put together. We only managed to score 1 goal in 2 games against a bunch of players who aren't good enough to play for Hearts and it was a midfielder who scored it. boyd is the best goalscorer we have. we can't afford to buy a midfielder FFS so where are we going to get money to buy a 25 goal a season striker. to avoid another CL exit next season we have to win or come 2nd in the league this season and we won't do that if we don't score goals

[Bluebell11 0]

Is the problem WS doesnt want to be proved wrong so wont play him? Im starting to wonder.....................

No Boyd was a naughty boy last season and his paying the price. Well if it was me naughty boy or not I would still put him on!

[Davy 68]

The strikers aren't the problem, RFC and Muff are correct.

It's the big 40 yard chasm of nothing between our furthest forward midfielder and striker.

Boyd would do nothing but add problems to this system.

I'd only ever play Boyd with a partner and two wingers.

Spot on. In a team where there is absolutely no creativity at all, Kris Boyd would suffer something awful. I'm all for playing him, but only if we have the players and system to compliment his talent.