Kris Boyd hears something 'damning' a Rangers player said as Hamza Igamane not the only one to cross a line
Boyd was one of the first to slaughter Igamane but he also wasn't having what he heard from Joe Rothwell
Kris Boyd was left raging by something he heard from Joe Rothwell in his post-match interview after dropping points at St Mirren.
The latest stumble for Russell Martin's team was dominated by Hamza Igamane's refusal to come off the bench, citing an injury picked up in the warmup which boss Russell Martin initially appeared to be skeptical of.
Boyd was one of the first pundits to call Igamane out over the incident, although there was no shortage of them with his former coach Billy Dodds even telling him his career at Ibrox is over.
But the Moroccan wasn't the only one in the former striker's cross hairs.
Midfielder Rothwell, who started the game, put the dropped points down to a failure to win 'second balls'. And that enraged Boyd who believes that aspect of the match was Rothwell's job to take care of.
He said: "That interview there was pretty damning for me as well. Joe Rothwell is talking about St Mirren picking up second balls that they were first to; that is your job.
"You are in that midfield; that is what you were brought in for. You're meant to be the guy that is going into the box that is picking second balls up."
Boyd also believes Rangers' overuse of players from English lower leagues is a big part of why they are struggling under Martin.
And the pundit reckons Rothwell and teammate Max Aarons are on a fast-track to the scrapheap alongside other EFL acquisitions who have failed at Ibrox.
Aarons and Rothwell both struggled against Saints and Boyd believes the market they both arrived from is 'inflated and overrated.'
And he reckons that's been clearly demonstrated by other failures from years gone by.
"He has brought a few players in, but I think he needs to be very, very careful.
"He keeps going back to the English market as well, inflated, overrated for me, especially when you go down the leagues.
"There is a long list of Rangers players who have arrived from the Championship or below who have failed here.
"And I am afraid to say, at this moment in time, Max Aarons and Joe Rothwell seem to be falling more towards the Kieran Dowell, Ben Davies, Todd Cantwell, Tom Lawrence category than what they do with the likes of Connor Goldson and James Tavernier.
"Right now, Rangers are a million miles away from where they need to be."
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