Boyd can take over Ally

November 4, 2008

Rangers manager Walter Smith believes that Kris Boyd could one day better the achievements of Ally McCoist and be the most prolific scorer ever for Rangers. Boyd who is only 25 currently has 81 goals in 114 appearances for Rangers and is on fantastic form at the moment having scored 6 goals in the 3 games.

“He’s got a career to go through but the initial part would indicate that, if he carries on playing at Rangers as long as Ally did, then he has an opportunity to beat him statistically,” said Smith.

“Ally had to break a few goalscoring records here to get himself up there and Kris will have to work like that. But that’s a long way down the line.”

Boyd has often been criticised for his lack of work-rate in the past but Smith insists the striker deserves credit for trying to improve his overall game this season.

He added: “I’ve said on many occasions that there are aspects of his game that he had to improve on but his goalscoring was something nobody could complain about.

“He’s a terrific finisher, one of the best I’ve been involved with. His overall level of play has improved as well.

“He had bits of his game that he had to improve on and he’s worked at that since the start of the season.

“He’s improved that aspect and it’s not interfered with his level of goals. Long may that continue.”

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