Kris Boyd doesn't contribute enough, says Tony Mowbray

SCOTLAND striker Kris Boyd has been told to expect more time on the sidelines at Middlesbrough.

Boro manager Tony Mowbray started Boyd for only the second time since November in Saturday's 4-0 win at Bristol City.

But he took the Scot off after an hour, and said: "Kris waits around there for balls to come into the box, and to be fair, whenever I watch him in training he finishes with either foot.

"But the predicament the club finds itself in at the moment is that we all have to work together to ensure we make ourselves a competitive team.

"Ultimately, that means the team has to move up and down the pitch together and defend and attack as a unit.

"Kris has found himself on the outside of the starting 11 most weeks, generally because I need the strikers to contribute when we don't have the ball.

"I've had these conversations with him and he understands our predicament. If we were sitting in the top six, full of confidence with an understanding of how we move the ball around the pitch, then I think we would be able to utilise Kris's qualities and talents."