The former Southampton boss has had a disastrous start to his Gers tenure both in the Premiership and also in Europe after Rangers were bounced out of the Champions League playoffs in a humiliating way by Club Brugge.
Asked about what will be the board's attitude towards Martin now, Boyd told Tribalfootball.com: “Rangers have had a lot of managers in recent years, and one of the byproducts of a lot of managers is that the squad becomes bloated.
"Russell has probably come in as manager and looked at some of these players and doesn’t see a future for them at Rangers, but the club hasn’t sold them yet.
“Rangers need some stability and some outgoings for now, then see where it takes them. They will have an end goal in sight with Russell Martin. Everyone knows the type of manager that he is, and he isn’t going to change his style long term. The club are clearly willing to be patient, but they need to win games of football.
"A few good signings and a few wins in the next couple of weeks could really turn around the way everyone is feeling about the club, and that is on both the manager and the players to dig deep over the next few games."
Victories needed
Meanwhile, Boyd says Martin and Rangers just need to find some winning consistency. Though he insists Martin will not have underestimated the challenge the SPL presents.
He said, “It’s not the start that Russell Martin would have wanted at Rangers. The start of their league campaign has been nowhere near good enough. Three points from three games is borderline unacceptable. I think there were a couple of signs in the early stages of Europe where Martin might have thought his team was clicking, as they got some positive results, but they need to find some consistency now.
“Once they find some consistency, then the manager can start implementing his style of play a little bit more, but at the moment, results are key. Rangers look miles away from being able to challenge Celtic, especially over the course and distance of a season. They almost need to forget about the big picture for now and focus on the upcoming games and weeks, where they need to put together a string of good results and then start thinking about how they can eventually close the gap to Celtic.”
“I don’t think Russell has underestimated the league. However, when teams play Rangers and Celtic, they lift their performances because players see it as an opportunity to put themselves in the shop window to be considered for a move to the two biggest clubs in Scotland. They’re always on TV, and every player wants to impress to try and progress their career eventually.
“At the moment, it seems too easy for players to play against Rangers. We can’t shy away from the fact that Rangers haven’t put in a good performance for 90 minutes yet in the league this season, and that’s a big problem. However, once they were 1-0 down against St Mirren at the weekend, they did start playing with an urgency and really attacking, which was positive to see. But it would have been better to see that from kick off."
- Kris Boyd was speaking to Tribalfootball on behalf of Best New Bingo Sites