The Boro striker spent January being linked with moves away from the Riverside, to Rangers and Blackburn Rovers, and was even the subject of a speculative bid from Ruud Gullit's new club, Terek Grosny of Chechnya.
But none of the interest came to fruition, and the former Gers frontman is now fully-committed to helping Boro's cause, and adding to his tally of six goals so far this term.
Boyd said: It's fair to say it was an unsettling month. I'm not fully blaming things on the transfer window my form hasn't been good enough, there's no two ways about it, but at the same time it's not easy to listen to speculation constantly linking me away.
From a couple of months before the window opened all the way through, it was there, and now it's shut it's time I worked hard into the summer and see what happens then.
It was well-documented that Middlesbrough were keen to move 27-year-old Boyd on to pastures new as his salary will cause them problems when the Premier League parachute payments cease at the end of this season but Boro now have to make do and mend a player whose confidence has taken a serious hit due to a string of ineffectual performances.
Boyd said: I know myself that I've not been good enough but it's not been easy.
I didn't know what was happening and I knew the situation we had here and that Middlesbrough were trying to offload people.
I've enjoyed my time here and I think it's about time I got my head down and repaid the faith they've shown in me, to bring me here in the first place, we need to work hard and start climbing the table.
While it looked as though the Scotland striker had turned a corner a week ago against Scunthorpe with a confidently-taken goal, Saturday's trip to Crystal Palace saw Boyd feature for an hour before being taken out of the firing line in favour of Scott MacDonald, who returned from international duty last week.
Boyd is well aware of the threat to his position posed by the return of the Australian, and is keen to maintain his place in a Boro side which has lost just once in seven games.
Scoring goals is the job Boyd was employed to do, but the Scot believes the team effort is of more importance.
He said: It's good to get back on the scoresheet, but it's in the past now and it was disappointing on Saturday.
Hopefully we can start to pick up points in the next few weeks.
We feel we have come a long way as a team and hopefully we can start showing that on the football park. Getting goals will be a bonus, but the most important thing is for the team to be winning.
Next up at the Riverside are Swansea City, who will be an entirely different proposition to the direct threat of Palace.
The Swans are renowned for a slick passing game, a style of play much coveted by Boro manager Tony Mowbray.
And Boyd believes Boro can learn from Saturday's performance and get back to their best this weekend.
He said: It was horrible to play in, but these things happen.
We knew at the time it wasn't good enough, come Saturday we need to address that.
We've laid the foundations in the last two months and we need to get back to that against Swansea.
* Boyd was speaking at an event organised by league title sponsors npower.
The npower Football League roadshow will be in town again today, outside Middlesbrough's club shop in Captain Cook Square from 9.30am. Boro stars Andrew Taylor and Seb Hines will be at the event from 2-3pm and will be on hand to sign club merchandise and have their pictures taken with supporters. A tent with EA Sports' FIFA 11 will also be on display for supporters to test themselves.
Source: Northern Echo
Source: Northern Echo