The former Gers striker did not hesitate to give a harsh assessment of the club’s current situation after the defeat against Aris Limassol.
Kris Boyd has called Rangers’ summer recruitment “brutal” and admits he would rather walk his dog than see how his old club are currently doing after their 2-1 Europa League defeat before Aris Limassol.
Caretaker manager Steven Davis was left to reflect on another horrendous performance as the Cypriot champions celebrated their first European group stage win and one of the greatest results in the team’s history. Surname.
Goals from Alex Moucketou-Moussounda and Shavy Babicka gave the hosts a two-goal lead before Abdallah Sima headed home a consolation in the 20th minute on a frustrating evening for the visitors, who could have easily lost by a larger margin than if it hadn’t happened’ wouldn’t have happened about some of the exploits of goalkeeper Jack Butland.
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Steven Davis remains confident in Rangers squad despite defeat to Limassol
Interim boss Steven Davis insists he retains confidence in the Rangers squad as he called for unity following the 2-1 Europa League defeat by Aris Limassol in Cyprus.
The former Light Blues midfielder was asked to take over after Michael Beale was dismissed at the weekend following the 3-1 loss Aberdeen at Ibrox which left the Gers seven points behind cinch Premiership leaders Celtic.
Rangers had beaten Real Betis in their Group C opener at Ibrox but found the Cypriot side too much, losing the first goal after nine minutes to defender Alex Moucketou-Moussounda.
Striker Shavy Babicka added a second goal in the 59th minute before Light Blues attacker Abdallah Sima pulled a goal back for the Ibrox men but the visitors could not complete the comeback.
Ahead of the trip to St Mirren on Sunday, Davis said: “I still believe we have some real quality players. Obviously, confidence has been hit.
“You go through these periods in your career and it’s a really difficult moment.
“As I say by sticking together you make sure to do the basics right in terms of hard work and application which they have been doing.
“It’s important we continue that and things will turn because I believe in the qualities of the squad.
We’ll get players back which will help. The most important thing is right now is us being a group together.
“It was a really difficult night because we felt a real opportunity to come here and build on the Betis game.
“I think we caused a lot of our own problems in the game. Obviously, with the two goals we give away we’re really disappointed with and when that happens you have a mountain to climb.
“Firstly I’ve got to take some responsibility. In the first half we kept trying to play in the middle of the pitch when it wasn’t really on, they were good at getting transitions from that with the pace they had up front which caused us problems all night.
“Whenever you go behind in a second half you must throw some caution to the wind at certain points.
“We tried to simplify the game really, trying to get the ball in behind, get it wide and cross the ball into the box and ultimately we didn’t do enough to take something from the game.
“In terms of the effort of the players, I thought they tried to keep going till the end and in terms of the energy they put in, I couldn’t ask for any more in that respect.
“There wasn’t a lack of effort, we’d never question that from the dressing room but it is a really difficult moment that everyone is in.
“When that happens you maybe start to make the wrong decision and things like that.
“Sunday’s coming up and it’s a really quick turnaround. We’re hurting from tonight but it’s important as a group we stick together.”
