Former Ibrox star Greg Stewart appeared on this week’s Record Rangers Podcast with Andy Newport
19:39, 07 Apr 2026Updated 20:05, 07 Apr 2026
Vaclav Cerny starred on loan at Rangers last season(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)
Greg Stewart reckons the title pressure remains on the Old Firm – despite Hearts’ shrinking Premiership lead.
The Jambos have seen what was once a huge eight-point advantage at the top slashed back to a single point after slipping up in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Livingston. But former Rangers ace Stewart insists the strain remains on the big hitters from Glasgow to down Derek McInnes’ Gorgie shock troops.
Stewart – a title winner with Steven Gerrard’s Light Blues in 2021 – is backing his old team to cope with the scrutiny and end Celtic’s bid for five-in-a-row. And speaking on this week’s Record Rangers Podcast, he said: “I think the pressure is on Rangers and Celtic still, just because Hearts are still in a place they didn’t think they’d be.
“I know they were so many points ahead but at the end of the day there is 38 games in a season and you don’t win the league in October. But the pressure is on Rangers and Celtic.”
Having come from 13 points back to now sit right on Hearts’ coattails, the 36-year-old is well aware that some Gers fans will be left raging if their team fails to cross the finish line first.
But he said: “Obviously with Rangers, having had such a bad start, Danny Rohl has got himself into a position now where I think we’re favourites. [But if they don’t do it], I think it would be harsh to criticise him because of the position he’s got us into now.
“At the end of the day, he’s the Rangers manager and he’s there to win games of football. But to come this far and fall short would feel like a disappointment. It would. Looking across the board, he’s done an unbelievable job.”
Meanwhile, Stewart admits he’s been left bewildered by the curious case of Andres Skov Olsen.
The capture of the Danish wideman on a six-month loan from German side Wolfsburg was greeted as a major coup by the Gers faithful, especially after it was revealed the Light Blues had negotiated an £8million option to make the deal permanent.
Greg Stewart during his time at Ibrox(Image: SNS Group)
But so far Skov Olsen has come nowhere near to justifying that huge outlay. And Stewart said: “He’s not the player I thought he was.
“I’m trying to think what he actually brings to the table. When a winger comes in for that price, he must have a trick, he must be quick, he must get after people or make those unselfish runs in behind to create space for someone else, or offer a threat with his set-pieces.
“But I’m struggling to think what he brings. I know he’s had a couple of assists but for that sort of money you are expecting a game-changer, really. I thought every time he got the ball on Saturday he passed it backwards. And it’s not even like he would play it backwards then run in behind for a return pass.
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“It’s really strange because as you say, I was really optimistic when we got him. I thought, ‘phew, he could be the one who gets us over the line.’ But it’s been such underwhelming performances from him. It looks like there’s a real lack of confidence from him, which I just can’t understand.
“He’s playing in a team that’s not lost since December. And the manager is showing a bit of trust in him as well. When he’s played bad, he’s been allowed to play again. I wish I had that under Stevie G!
“I’d play well and still be dropped. When I saw a player like him being linked to Rangers, I thought, ‘Here we go! He could be the game changer we need’. Because we have struggled on the right hand side since Vaclav Cerny left. I was desperate to sign him, I don’t know why we didn’t because that was a no brainer for me.
“But yeah, with Skov Olsen I’m struggling to see it. With six games left, there’s still time and hopefully he can dig out a bit of magic from somewhere because he must have something when you look at the teams he’s played for and the fact he has 40 caps for Denmark.”