McBoyd 355 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/displa...ut_at_ibrox.php I SAID yesterday that basically anyone is for sale at Rangers if the price is right - but I'm flabbergasted at the latest developments regarding the future of Kris Boyd. With 18 league games to go, the signal that this gives out is that Gers have already given up the ghost in terms of the title. There is no way that's good enough. Not in the eyes of a support who haven't celebrated a championship since 2005. If, as has been suggested, this is a sale taking place because the banks are putting pressure on the club and there is no European money this season, then the chairman and the manager have to come out and explain that. The least they can do is come out publicly and answer the questions that the Rangers fans have, because I have no doubt that they will be pig-sick at the club's top scorer being sold at this point in the campaign. The only way that the club can save any face in this whole sorry situation is if they already have someone lined up who can come in and take Boyd's place. But that is a mighty big risk to take. At the minute Boyd guarantees 20-25 goals a season - every season - and that kind of quality does not come cheaply. The fans will be up in arms about this. The club are five points off the pace of Celtic as it is - where would they be without Boyd and his goals this season? There is no-one else who can be relied upon to hit the back of the net as regularly as he does. I also think that the loss of Boyd puts manager Walter Smith under a significant bit of pressure. He has been at the club for two seasons now and he knows that he really has to win the league this year. Failure to do that could well cost him his position and losing your top scorer is going to make that job 10 times harder. And let's be honest, too. Birmingham can double Boyd's wages but they are not the right club for him, in my opinion. It's not as if it is an ambitious move into the Premier League. It is a move to a Championship side and even if they do win promotion this season, next term they will spend the campaign fighting for their lives. Is that really better than what Rangers can offer? I have no doubt that there will be uproar at this development because fans will really struggle to get their heads around it. The danger for the club is that supporters will vote with their feet. That might not have too much of an effect at Ibrox at this stage when the money is already in from the season books, but it could made a helluva difference in the summer when the time comes around for renewals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brissyger 8 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Judging by the reaction in here then is 100% right on this one. 90% of the fans are not pleased at all that we are selling our number 1 striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueminawful 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/displa...ut_at_ibrox.php I SAID yesterday that basically anyone is for sale at Rangers if the price is right - but I'm flabbergasted at the latest developments regarding the future of Kris Boyd. With 18 league games to go, the signal that this gives out is that Gers have already given up the ghost in terms of the title. There is no way that's good enough. Not in the eyes of a support who haven't celebrated a championship since 2005. If, as has been suggested, this is a sale taking place because the banks are putting pressure on the club and there is no European money this season, then the chairman and the manager have to come out and explain that. The least they can do is come out publicly and answer the questions that the Rangers fans have, because I have no doubt that they will be pig-sick at the club's top scorer being sold at this point in the campaign. The only way that the club can save any face in this whole sorry situation is if they already have someone lined up who can come in and take Boyd's place. But that is a mighty big risk to take. At the minute Boyd guarantees 20-25 goals a season - every season - and that kind of quality does not come cheaply. The fans will be up in arms about this. The club are five points off the pace of Celtic as it is - where would they be without Boyd and his goals this season? There is no-one else who can be relied upon to hit the back of the net as regularly as he does. I also think that the loss of Boyd puts manager Walter Smith under a significant bit of pressure. He has been at the club for two seasons now and he knows that he really has to win the league this year. Failure to do that could well cost him his position and losing your top scorer is going to make that job 10 times harder. And let's be honest, too. Birmingham can double Boyd's wages but they are not the right club for him, in my opinion. It's not as if it is an ambitious move into the Premier League. It is a move to a Championship side and even if they do win promotion this season, next term they will spend the campaign fighting for their lives. Is that really better than what Rangers can offer? I have no doubt that there will be uproar at this development because fans will really struggle to get their heads around it. The danger for the club is that supporters will vote with their feet. That might not have too much of an effect at Ibrox at this stage when the money is already in from the season books, but it could made a helluva difference in the summer when the time comes around for renewals. Fingers crossed!! :angry2: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny123 5 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Agree with Johnstone here. A Championship club FFS. To me it's a terrible piece of bussiness for us to sell a guaranteed 25 goal a year striker for this price at this time of the season. Hope Boyd digs his heels in and stays.........................usually money talks though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 And there was me hoping that DJ would have had the 'Boyd Out' exclusive last week! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootSpeedKillLight 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Smith survived the sale of Hutton, which was a much bigger loss IMO, so there's nothing to indicate he won't survive the possible sale of Boyd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO SMITH OR SDM OVER THIS! Infact if he sells Boyd and Ferguson he might actually gain more respect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGut86 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO SMITH OR SDM OVER THIS! Infact if he sells Boyd and Ferguson he might actually gain more respect Gain Respect: Sell Ferguson, prove he is looking to the future! Lose Respect: Sell best goal scorer mid season to settle the books Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie! 8 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Smith survived the sale of Hutton, which was a much bigger loss IMO, so there's nothing to indicate he won't survive the possible sale of Boyd. Hutton was first time though. Since then we've: gave Celtic another championship, been lied to about the sale of Cuellar, been put out of Europe by a pub team and are second to a pish Celtic team. A lot has changed since the Hutton deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezrfc1 26 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Cuellar wanted to go and hutton was "forced out" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootSpeedKillLight 0 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hutton was first time though. Since then we've: gave Celtic another championship, been lied to about the sale of Cuellar, been put out of Europe by a pub team and are second to a pish Celtic team. A lot has changed since the Hutton deal. I suppose so, but in both a footballing and financial sense, the Kaunas loss was a much greater blow than losing any one player will be, so I just don't see Smith losing his job over this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Every cloud Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie! 8 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I suppose so, but in both a footballing and financial sense, the Kaunas loss was a much greater blow than losing any one player will be, so I just don't see Smith losing his job over this. Giving Celtic the league was the biggest financial blow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlegKuznetsov 10,816 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Agree with Johnstone here. A Championship club FFS. To me it's a terrible piece of bussiness for us to sell a guaranteed 25 goal a year striker for this price at this time of the season. Hope Boyd digs his heels in and stays.........................usually money talks though. Is it not telling that it's only that standard of club is after him? Does the fee not reflect something too? And there was me hoping that DJ would have had the 'Boyd Out' exclusive last week! Something to share? Incidentally, I hope this wave of "Rangers have chucked the league" hysteria in the press gets taken seriously at Celtic, lulling them into a false sense of security. If, as you and I strongly suspect, it improves us in the crunch games and the players get more motivated by such press, selling Boyd could be a real masterstroke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianBacon 2,088 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Murray is in more financial doggy poo than most imagine (yes I've seen the well-written story about his accounts doing the rounds). Basically the banks are hot on his heels and this, like Michael Corleone in the Godfather, is the ideal time for him to settle many outstanding matters of family business and at the same time get some readies in. I reckon Ferguson is next (possibly McGregor too) and if so, those who ganged up on PLG (the Monster Munch crew) will have felt the wrath of Murray, who it must be remembered, was made to look a right kunt at the time. None of this makes any football sense....it's purely business (as Don Corleone would say). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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