Source: Team_Talk
Miller criticism is unfair - Boyd
Both players were on the scoresheet on Saturday to earn a 3-1 win over Kilmarnock to send Rangers to the summit of the Scottish Premier League ahead of Celtic's visit to Motherwell.[LNB]Boyd cancelled out Jamie Hamill's shock opener for Killie before Miller helped himself to a double in the space of three minutes - after netting twice against Forfar in the Homecoming Scottish Cup a few days earlier.[LNB]While Boyd finds himself criticised for scoring goals and not much else, Miller has been singled out by some observers for not finding the back of the net often enough.[LNB]But Boyd insisted: "The criticism he gets is unfair.[LNB]"He has scored 11 goals this season which isn't bad for someone who supposedly doesn't score.[LNB]"Whatever contribution he brings to the team, he has also given us the goals as well. He has done well in that aspect."[LNB]Miller has been hampered by a hamstring injury in recent weeks but Boyd believes he is now hitting top form at exactly the right time as the title race hots up.[LNB]He added: "I thought he was excellent and not just because of his two goals.[LNB]"Especially in the first half, I thought he did really well, linking the play and getting beyond Kilmarnock.[LNB]"He looked liked the Kenny from before the last month. He has struggled for the last couple of weeks with a hamstring injury but this game showed he is back fit and ready to play."[LNB]Boyd, himself, was a doubt ahead of the clash with his former club with a heavy cold.[LNB]But he continued his impressive goalscoring form against the Rugby Park outfit, bringing his tally to 13 goals in 12 games against his old team-mates.[LNB]He said: "I felt a lot better before the game, although I wasn't 100%.[LNB]"But I declared myself fit enough to play and the gaffer gave me the chance.[LNB]"We won the game but huffed and puffed at times. We had a couple of chances and then Kilmarnock scored and made it difficult for us.[LNB]"But we managed to get three quick goals and that has settled the game."[LNB]Kilmarnock have not registered a win in their last five attempts but manager Jim Jefferies blamed individual errors for the collapse at Ibrox rather than a lack of self-belief in the dressing room.[LNB]He said: "I can't see how lack of confidence comes into it.[LNB]"We've not been playing that badly. Okay, the results have been going against us but how can you say it's lack of confidence?[LNB]"It's lack of concentration, not lack of confidence."[LNB][LNB]
