Kris Boyd believes that Steven Gerrard is TWO signings away from stopping 10-in-a-row.
After two seasons of complete failure the Liverpool legend has one final attempt at the task he was hired to do in 2018.
Boyd has suffered through every false dawn from the Warbo Revolution onwards and knows what is at stake in the season ahead. For Mister Gerrard, Tav, Ryan Jack and the cast of losers the season ahead is the last chance saloon- stopping 11-in-a-row isn’t much of a slogan for next summer’s season tickets.
Last summer Gerrard committed £10m to the cause by signing Ryan Kent and Filip Helander while Jordan Jones, Max Hastie, Greg Stewart, Brandon Barker and Sheyi Ojo added pressure to the wage bill.
Ianis Hagi is on board for next season but in an interview with the Sunday Post Boyd reveals what is needed to take the Premiership title to Ibrox:
I think Rangers need two players, not squad players but ready to go in and make an impact at top-team level. And depending on what happens with Morelos, it could well be they will also need a striker of the highest calibre, a No. 9 with the ‘wow’ factor.
They will need a player who will really excite the Rangers supporters and make them believe that he can help the team win the league. As big a name as possible, and someone with a solid track record.
Of course, they are not easy to find and rarely come cheaply. And just about every club is in the market for a striker. If Morelos stays, I understand Rangers being linked with strikers such as Lyle Taylor of Charlton and Livingston’s Lyndon Dykes.
They have both caught the eye in recent times, and I’m sure they would be good additions. They have different qualities and both know the way to goal but I wonder if either is good enough to be lined up as a direct replacement for Morelos, with an expectation of scoring in excess of 20 goals a season. And it would be unfair to pile too much pressure on either of their shoulders.
Jermain Defoe will play a big part for the team in the coming campaign but I think it would be unfair to ask him to start 40 or 45 games, and look for him to perform at the highest level twice-a-week for 90 minutes. He is 37 now and it could well be that most of his work in the coming season will be from coming off the bench.
Lyle Taylor is about to become a free agent from Charlton while Livingston are believed to be looking for £2m for Dykes who has one year left on his Toni Macaroni contract.
