ALLY McCOIST has hailed his Ibrox fringe stars as he contemplates shuffling his pack for Saturday's Championship clash at Livingston.

The Rangers boss was furious with his team's display in Monday's 3-1 loss to Hibernian but the following evening he watched Gordon Durie's second string hammer Dunfermline 4-0.

Lee Robinson, Richard Foster, Marius Zaliukas, Sebastien Faure and Kyle Hutton all turned out and have pushed themselves back into first-team contention for the trip to West Lothian.

McCoist said: "The Development team put in a great performance. I really enjoyed the game.

"Everybody did well but I was really pleased with the first-team squad guys who played. Lee Robinson made a couple of fantastic saves, Foster did well and Zaliukas and Faure did very well.

"I was very, very encouraged by their performance, ably assisted by some of the younger lads. They included Ryan Hardie, who managed to grab a goal. The fringe players in the reserves have certainly come back into the reckoning.

"They gave us what we were looking for in their reaction to this week's first-team result."

McCoist's side could face Livingston without Bilel Mohsni and Kris Boyd after the pair were offered two-game bans by the SFA following incidents on Monday.

They were caught on TV in altercations with Jordan Foster and Liam Fontaine and have been issued with notices of complaint by the new Compliance Officer Tony McGlennan.

If Rangers don't lodge an appeal by tonight the pair will miss the Livi clash and Raith's visit to Ibrox on October 18.