Source: PA
McCoist: Strikers will benefit from cup run-out
Ally McCoist had hoped Rangers would be cruising into the Active Nation Scottish Cup quarter-finals by the time star strikers Kris Boyd and Kenny Miller made their comebacks against St Mirren.
Instead, the Scotland stars were thrown into the action when the fifth-round tie was still deadlocked and neither side managed to find the winning goal.
Boyd's return from a hernia operation, in particular, was highly anticipated and, although Rangers had to settle for an Ibrox replay, McCoist believes both players will benefit from their run-out in Paisley.
The Rangers number two confirmed the pre-match plan was to swap Kyle Lafferty and Steven Naismith for the regular strike duo, and admitted: "We didn't create an awful lot more than when the boys went on, to be fair to the two lads who were on.
"We just wanted to give them an opportunity, especially Boydy who is back from a difficult double hernia. You don't want to rush them.
"In an ideal situation we planned to get them on at some stage - which we did do - but we hoped we would be 2-0 or 3-0 up. That wasn't the case and they had to go on at 0-0. They both did fine and will both benefit from that experience."
