Kris Boyd delivers damning Rangers and Scottish football verdict
Kris Boyd has delivered his damning verdict on Rangers and the state of Scottish football as a whole at the moment.
Both Rangers and Celtic finished bottom of their UEFA Champions League groups without a win, whilst Hearts only managed one victory in the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Boyd admitted that Scottish football was served a “reality check” in Europe this season and believes the nation are miles off the level needed to compete.
“I think we’ve learned we’re absolutely miles off the level of the elite,” said Boyd as quoted by Sky Sports.
“Sometimes we look at our players in Scotland, especially Rangers and Celtic because they dominate games and they’re far superior to other teams, and we propel them into believing they are a lot better than what they actually are.
“It’s a reality check for Scottish football.”
Dismal.
Boyd is absolutely right here, Rangers and Scottish football are massively off the level to compete at the highest level of European football.
But selling the club’s best talents this summer certainly didn’t help matters and neither did being drawn into a group with European heavyweights Liverpool, Napoli and Ajax.
It’s easy to point the finger but there are numerous factors as to why Gers didn’t perform well in Europe this campaign.
Injuries and lack of investment are the main two factors, one which is just plain bad luck and the other an ongoing issue that could be resolved in the next transfer window.
If anything, this season’s dismal showing for Scottish football will hopefully be a kick up the backside.
A kick that could force the club’s hierarchy to start investing more money into the team.
If there was ever a wake-up call to get things back on track, it was this season’s UEFA Champions League.
In other Rangers news, a “crazy situation” has emerged at Ibrox that’s led to this star player being “gone” from the club.