NO says MATTHEW LINDSAY

NO says MATTHEW LINDSAY

THE 1-1 draw with Alloa that Rangers slumped to at the Indodrill Stadium on Saturday was not the fault of Kris Boyd.

Yes, the striker failed to score in his sixth outing in six games in the SPFL Championship this season. But, unlike in the 4-0 win over Raith Rovers at Stark's Park eight days earlier, he did not have an abundance of chances to net.

Starved of decent service, the former Scotland internationalist failed to make an impact in the final third of the park. The problem at the weekend lay with those around about Boyd in the Rangers team, not with the hitman.

Every striker goes through fallow spells up front when nothing seems to fall for him. However, McCoist knows this only too well and will persevere with his summer signing until he rediscovers his touch.

When he does the goals will come - and then some - for the former Kilmarnock and Rangers will benefit as a result.

YES says JOHN McGILL

A SPELL out of the Rangers team will give Kris Boyd the jolt he needs to find his best form up front. The 31-year-old has now gone six games without hitting the target in the SPFL Championship.

Sorry, but when you are playing for the Ibrox club that sort of strike rate is completely unacceptable, in the second tier of Scottish football especially.

With Jon Daly, top scorer for the Light Blues last season, returning to full fitness Ally McCoist now has options in the final third.

Yes, Nicky Clark and Kenny Miller are both out injured at the moment, but if a player is not performing then one of his team-mates should be handed a chance.

As well as Daly, Dean Shiels and David Templeton can be deployed in forward positions. Boyd has not become a bad player overnight, but a spell on the bench would do him the world of good.

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