Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist were left impressed with Rangers striker Youssef Chermiti’s performance against Hearts.
Chermiti scored a hat-trick for Rangers and that saw them beat the league leaders 4-2 at Ibrox.
The former Everton forward was previously slammed for his dismal performance in the 1-1 draw against Motherwell in midweek.
Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist laud Youssef Chermiti for turning things around at Rangers
Stelling admits that a number of Gers fans believed that Chermiti would not be a regular source of goals ahead of the Hearts game.
The 21-year-old striker had scored four times in his last 28 appearances, and he was on the back of a poor performance in the league.
However, he managed to deliver when Danny Rohl needed him to, and that is something that impressed the talkSPORT host.
Stelling said: “I would argue that Chermiti got the hat-trick at the weekend, but before that, he had scored four in 28 for Rangers. He hadn’t scored for Everton.
“There’s a suggestion that the hat-trick might be a flash in the pan and he may not be the regular goal scorer they need in the weeks to come.
“I know before that game, plenty of Rangers fans were thinking just that.”
McCoist agreed with Stelling and went a step further to call him a big-game player.
Chermiti also scored twice at Celtic Park in January, and the Rangers legend is impressed by what he’s seeing from him.
McCoist added: “Oh yeah, with some justification. I’ll tell you what, he does look at this moment in time, it looks as though he might be a big-occasion player.
“Two of the goals that he had previously scored were at Celtic Park when Rangers won the game comfortably.”
Does Ryan Naderi start against Livingston?
Fans wanted Ryan Naderi to start in place of Chermiti ahead of the game against Hearts.
Rohl decided to throw the kitchen sink and start two strikers for that one, and it was a decision that paid off.
Next up, Gers take on Livingston away from home, and it remains to be seen if he decides to go with the same system.
While it is expected to be a different kind of game, tinkering with a winning system does not make sense, and while there could be changes defensively, Rohl is expected to keep the same attacking players on the pitch.
