Rangers Legend Kris Boyd Assesses the Current Striking Options

Overall, it has been a good start to the campaign for Rangers forwards Ryan Don Naderi and Kevin Kelsy. 

After six months of settling in during the second half of last season, Naderi really looks at home now, and is even reported to be under the eye of Premier League scouts in recent weeks. The Czechia international has already scored seven goals and provided three assists.

Meanwhile, Kelsy has settled in well since joining from MLS side Portland Timbers during the summer, scoring five times and providing an assist, including one of each in a Scottish League Cup Old Firm win. 

This is made even more impressive by the fact he was already half way through his season over there, so is showing good robustness. Furthermore, all of the other intangibles such as a new country, new continent, new language and so on and so forth. 

Well, Rangers legend Kris Boyd has given his tuppence on the two forwards (as related by the Rangers Review) praising both for their performances, but giving his view on where they can improve: "I would like to see somebody step forward and be that man. 

I don’t see that ruthless killer at the top end of the pitch. I would like to see somebody step forward and be that man who wants to go and score every single week, who wants to get a second, get a third and get a fourth, because chances are being created. 

[But] you can't stand and criticise (Naderi and Kelsy) because I think both of their contributions have been very good." 

Fair play. He has been quite balanced there. You know what Boyd means when he talks about a killer. In the win over St. Mirren, Kelsy missed two guilt edged chances in particular, that would have really put the game to bed. 

You can say the three points are all that matters, but goal difference could be crucial come the end of the season, and Rangers currently have a goal difference six worse than Celtic, so racking up the score on Saturday would have been pretty useful. 

But, again, with all context considered, Kelsy has done fairly well so far, and so has Naderi. It feels like as long as they can get the service, the goals will come - so you're looking at the likes of Nicolas Raskin and Dan Neil, hoping that their good performances continue moving forwards.