billythebear1986 289 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 celtic 2 - rangers 4 hibs 0 - rangers 3 Im a great fan of boyd but we can defo get results without him. We dont need boyd to score goals. Playing with boyd is sometimes like playing with 10 men. All is not lost 1 player doesnt make a team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotBear 144 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Agreed. Same with last season. 2-1 at Easter Road, 4-0 at Tynecastle, 3-0 against Celtic, 3-0 in Lyon, 2-0 v Bremen, 2-0 in Lisbon.......we function more effectively, and still score plenty of goals, without him in the side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart_RFC 41 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Some people just won't get that though mate. Losing Boyd = Rangers never scoring another goal ever again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I promise you there will be a game very soon where we will be needing a goal and we will be wishing we had Boyd back Its so fuckiing frustrating that i know this will happen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab74RFC 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Did we have Cousin for most of those game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Agreed. Same with last season. 2-1 at Easter Road, 4-0 at Tynecastle, 3-0 against Celtic, 3-0 in Lyon, 2-0 v Bremen, 2-0 in Lisbon.......we function more effectively, and still score plenty of goals, without him in the side. This is always dismissed as pure coincedence for some odd reason. There are plenty more examples as well. As I said this morning, Scotland's great run under McLeish and Smith along with our great run in Europe last season was almost totally exclusive of Kris Boyd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I promise you there will be a game very soon where we will be needing a goal and we will be wishing we had Boyd back Its so fuckiing frustrating that i know this will happen That's going to happen though. We needed a goal against St Mirren and Boyd came on and missed a chance he should have buried. If it had been Lafferty, you would have wanted him hung. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_ni 12 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 That's going to happen though. We needed a goal against St Mirren and Boyd came on and missed a chance he should have buried. If it had been Lafferty, you would have wanted him hung. spot on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart_RFC 41 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I promise you there will be a game very soon where we will be needing a goal and we will be wishing we had Boyd back Its so fuckiing frustrating that i know this will happen There has been PLENTY of games Boyd has been on the park when we have needed a goal and he hasnt delivered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 spot on Missed a good chance against Celtic last week as well, another game where it REALLY mattered. But hey, let's get back to bashing Cousin and Lafferty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotBear 144 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 That's going to happen though. We needed a goal against St Mirren and Boyd came on and missed a chance he should have buried. If it had been Lafferty, you would have wanted him hung. Exactly I also wanted a goal at Fir Park with Boyd in the side....didn't happen. And at Ibrox there against Celtic with Boyd in the side....didn't happen. It happens with him, it will happen without him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Missed a good chance against Celtic last week as well, another game where it REALLY mattered. But hey, let's get back to bashing Cousin and Lafferty. I wouldnt be as worried about Boyd going if we still had Cousin who was a big player in a lot of the supposed great performances without Boyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUDGIE52 9 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I REALLY DO SEE US GOING BACK TO A 4-5-1, BECAUSE I THINK SMITH WANTS THAT AFTER THE CELTIC GAME AND HE DOESNT SEE BOYD AS THE MAN TO PLAY THERE SO IT MAKES SENSE TO GET RID NOW WHEN DECENT MONEY,S ON OFFER, IT WILL BE MILLER AS I DONT THINK SMITH TRUSTS ANY OF THE REST TO PLAY UP FRONT ON THEIR OWN. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wronglypenalised 14 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Some people just won't get that though mate. Losing Boyd = Rangers never scoring another goal ever again It makes you think after the continual 'end of the world is nigh' attitude of fans after the likes of Hutton/Cuellar/Ferguson first time around etc, how we ever managed to win over 100 major trophies without the likes of them and now Boyd No-one is bigger than the club you say? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I wouldnt be as worried about Boyd going if we still had Cousin who was a big player in a lot of the supposed great performances without Boyd Supposed great performances? Couldn't resist a little dig at Cousin, could you! :harhar: He put in a number of brilliant perfomances on his own up front for us, even if you don't want to acknowledge it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CF5LOYAL 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 And what about St Mirren and the Kaunas games? Boyd didn't start there and look what happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenose12 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 celtic 2 - rangers 4 hibs 0 - rangers 3 Im a great fan of boyd but we can defo get results without him. We dont need boyd to score goals. Playing with boyd is sometimes like playing with 10 men. All is not lost 1 player doesnt make a team Remeber it was pretty much down to Cousin running Caldwell and McManus ragged at the piggery.And we let him go too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 And what about St Mirren and the Kaunas games? Boyd didn't start there and look what happened. Neither did Hemdani (Kaunas anyway) for some odd reason. Pure arrogance from Smith I think. But as I said, Boyd did come on against St Mirren and miss an easy chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotBear 144 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Was our midfield for the first Kaunus game not Adam-Thomson-McCulloch-Whittaker. I think that tactical masterstroke had a part to play ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CF5LOYAL 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Neither did Hemdani (Kaunas anyway) for some odd reason. Pure arrogance from Smith I think. But as I said, Boyd did come on against St Mirren and miss an easy chance. Easy chance okay then, he hit the post. Which in my book was very unlucky, it was far from an 'easy chance' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Easy chance okay then, he hit the post. Which in my book was very unlucky, it was far from an 'easy chance' He should be putting them away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw69uk 123 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I wouldnt be as worried about Boyd going if we still had Cousin who was a big player in a lot of the supposed great performances without Boyd Its ok, we have Miller Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CF5LOYAL 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 He should be putting them away. What about the chance Lafferty missed at Motherwell, should he be putting them away. Remember he cost 7x as much as Boyd. Every striker gets chances but don't always score. The fact he gets in those positions again and again proves he is a natural predator. I'd be worried if he was a striker that wasn't getting in the position to miss the chances. But yeh the reason why we are losing the league race is because of Boyd and two misses. Let's just forget about the goals at Hamilton that rescued us, home to Hearts, home to hibs etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brissyger 8 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 He should be putting them away. He's put away 19 others though so far this season. Who else is going to provide that sort of strike rate? I'm not saying that we won't score goals without him or that he doesn't have his flaws against tougher sides but Boyds goals have certainly helped a lot this season. I'm not confident in any of our current squad of strikers to effectively replace him. Do you think anyone else is going to outscore McDonald or Samaras this season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 What about the chance Lafferty missed at Motherwell, should he be putting them away. Remember he cost 7x as much as Boyd. Every striker gets chances but don't always score. The fact he gets in those positions again and again proves he is a natural predator. I'd be worried if he was a striker that wasn't getting in the position to miss the chances. But yeh the reason why we are losing the league race is because of Boyd and two misses. Let's just forget about the goals at Hamilton that rescued us, home to Hearts, home to hibs etc. Let me put it this way. If Lafferty had hit the bar from 7 yards out, people would have said 'Aw for fuck sake. You're pish Kyle, Boydy would have scored that easily'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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