pete 2,499 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 'Even Jose Mourinho would have struggled at Rangers': Kris Boyd insists players have cost two managers their jobs at Ibrox 06:52, 17 March 2015 By Gavin Berry BOYD is adamant the players can go that bit extra for the third man in charge and rescue a woeful campaign by winning promotion to land Stuart McCall the job on a permanent basis. SNS Group Kris Boyd knows Gers' play let down McCoist and McDowall but says Mourinho would have toiled too Kris Boyd knows Gers' play let down McCoist and McDowall but says Mourinho would have toiled too KRIS Boyd insists the Rangers players must accept the blame for costing two managers their jobs and reckons even Jose Mourinho would have struggled given their form this season. But the striker is adamant they can go that bit extra for the third man in charge and rescue a woeful campaign by winning promotion to land Stuart McCall the job on a permanent basis. Boyd recently branded himself a failure in his second spell at the Light Blues and believes the rest of the squad could now come to the same conclusion. Stuart McCall can't bare to look at what's happening on the Ibrox pitch VIEW GALLERY Boyd admits Rangers are now seen as weak by second-tier rivals and revealed McCall told the players straight they haven’t been working as hard as they think. The 31-year-old said: “The big thing for us is we’re now into our third manager so it can’t be all the fault of the man in charge. “It wouldn’t matter if you brought in Jose Mourinho – he’d still have the players who are here. We can say we’ve got international players in the dressing room but at the end of the day we haven’t performed and two managers have lost their jobs because of it so we need to start winning games of football. “That’s why we need to look ourselves in the mirror and ask if we’ve done enough. I can safely say I don’t feel as if I have. “And I’m willing to bet the majority, if not all, would all say the same thing. “I’ve learned in my career that managers can only change so much. When clubs go through managers all the time it can’t just be one guy’s fault. We’ve got 20-odd guys who could help this cause and perform better on a game-to-game basis. “We have a period now where everyone on the playing staff needs to get a grip. “You can blame all different aspects but it’s only excuses. We haven’t performed on the pitch and that’s the bottom line. “I know Stuart McCall from being in the Scotland set-up and he’s been positive. He’s been involved in Scottish football for a while and is a genuine guy who calls a spade a spade and turns up to work with a smile on his face. He wants to improve people and has told us that we might think we’ve been doing enough but we haven’t. “If we look back over the course of the season it’s one that nobody can be happy about. It’s the same s*** people are saying every week. “We know it’s not been good enough but we’ve got a chance between now and the end of the season to first get in the play-offs and then hopefully kick on.” McCall delivered a few home truths after watching a re-run of Saturday’s draw with Livingston ahead of tonight’s home clash with Alloa and the players accept they haven’t been working as hard as they should have. He said: “The manager said that in the games he’s watched the players might have thought they were doing enough but they haven’t. It’s about putting in a tackle rather than jogging beside someone or a striker getting a shot away earlier. “We need to do that in the remaining games and go that extra yard to get confidence to build on. You don’t become a bad player overnight. Yes, we’ve lost confidence but it just takes something to give us that spark. “At times we haven’t had the balls to go and get the ball and start moves or go that extra yard to shut someone down. I don’t know why that’s been the case but we need to get back to basics and work hard. “We need to run that extra yard to close someone down, get a shot away or get a cross in. Those one, two or three yards make a big difference. “There have been games where we’ve taken the lead and lost goals straight away. “Ally McCoist and Kenny McDowall have been successful with Rangers. They won leagues, albeit not at the top, and when you’ve been successful you will keep doing the same things. Sometimes it can help when someone is looking at it from a different angle.” Boyd knows Rangers are now a target in their current state. The striker said: “I’ve been in the situation myself before where you turn up at Ibrox or Parkhead and you’re already beaten. They might have won 4-0 or 5-0 the week before and you look down the tunnel and think, ‘Oh no’. “That’s not the case any more.Teams are coming with a confidence and have maybe seen that we’ve been weak. Previously it was only European teams who didn’t change their game for Rangers but teams now aren’t worrying about us. “Livingston came and got the ball down and passed it crisply. They deserved their point. “They might have lost five games but they probably looked at us as being weak and tried to get in our faces. “There are games where the fans have been dying to go with us but are frustrated because the performances just haven’t been good enough. “It takes a special mentality to be a success at the Old Firm. “There are big clubs in the world where it doesn’t eat you up the way Rangers and Celtic can. There have been better players who have failed at the Old Firm and it takes a tough mentality to know what’s demanded to represent those two clubs. “For me, there isn’t a better place to be playing if you are winning games but when you’re not you know the fans aren’t happy. “A lot of the players in our dressing room just now have had success in the Third and Second division and it hasn’t been as straightforward this season which might have impacted on how we’ve played.” ● Kris Boyd was speaking after returning to Ayrshire to officially open the new synthetic pitch at Doon Valley in Dalmellington. Kris if you did not realise you are unfit then you also need to see a shrink about denial syndrome. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Bear 0 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Come on Boyd, Mourinho wouldn't have toiled. You would have all been down the Job Centre. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Any excuse. I was neer a fan of Boyd first time around and since he left he has proved a lot of his doubters right except for a spell at Kilmarnock last season when he was playing for his career. Mourinho wouldn't allow players to be so unfit, have no clue and play people out of position. If Boyd thinks that then it just says he and some team mates are unwilling listeners. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DublinBear Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Talk is cheap These players come out with this shit week after week but nothing changes on the pitch 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoodyBlue 0 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Same old crap and false promises from our players. You're lucky to be in a job Kris !!! Embarassed by our players. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg_Mcnoleg 50 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 This 'mea culpa' stuff is only worth anything if it translates into changes in attitude and an improvement in performances. Talk is cheap. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Jose Mourinho would have had you on a diet, Boyd. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 This mess has tainted my generally good memories of Kris Boyd 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisabeer 409 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 and in other news the Bay city rollers have reached No1 with Shang a Lang and the US have decided to pull out of Vietnam. Far too late for the stand up and be counted speeches. Is it too late to ask the duds to do their talking on the park? I fear so. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoodyBlue 0 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Boyd, Boyd, Krisy, Krisy Boyd He puts on weight From the shite he ate Krisy, Krisy Boyd 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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