Kris Commons has savaged Steven Gerrard's treatment of Greg Stewart after his superb display against Aberdeen on Saturday.
Stewart came in from the cold for his first Premiership start against his former team and produced an impressive performance that was capped with a goal.
The former Dundee star, who signed in the summer on a free transfer from Championship side Birmingham City showed his creative guile as he drifted all over the final third, causing the Don's back-line no end of difficulty.
Commons thinks he's proven himself Rangers most attacking potent weapon and that quotes attributed to the Rangers boss after the game would have upset him had he been the player in question.
Writing in the Daily Mail , he said: "I found Gerrard's post-match comments on Saturday a bit strange, given how good Stewart had been and how key he had been to victory.
"He had admitted that Stewart had taken his chance, before then saying that the performance had 'given me something to think about'.
"Sorry, but what is there to think about? The answer is staring Gerrard square in the face because, on that form, Stewart is his most creative player.
"As a player, I wouldn't like to hear my manager saying something like that about me. It's almost as if he's saying: 'Okay, so Greg's part of my second string, but I might think about playing him more in the future'.
"Basically, it sounds as if Gerrard still isn't fully convinced, which begs the question of why he chose to sign him in the first place?
"Stewart is far better than that. Look at the abundance of wide players at the club - Jordan Jones, Ryan Kent , Sheyi Ojo and Brandon Barker.
"Then there's the likes of Glenn Middleton and Jake Hastie out on loan, with forgotten men like Jamie Murphy and Eros Grezda in the background. Rangers have stockpiled wide players.
"When he's on top form, I'd take Stewart ahead of any of them. It's time for Gerrard to show more trust and faith in him. After this performance on Saturday, the Rangers manager shouldn't be speaking about him like he's some kind of outcast."
