How often do Rangers fans say ‘give him time’ or ‘give him a chance’ after the latest new signing struggled with life at Ibrox?
Ibrox Noise has lost count of the number of players whose poor levels were excused with the same tired old lines.
Usually these are modest players, who have arrived with maybe a speck of controversy. Ryan Naderi, for example, who we’ll cover later, is one such.
These guys always get a hard core of fans who back then and yell at critics to give said players a chance, time, all the rest of it.
Time
But one players hasn’t needed time. Not a bit of it in fact.
From the moment Tuur Rommens came on against Kilmarnock, he’s looked a class above any left back Rangers have had since Arthur Numan, and he kept that same level up against Hearts.
Some are indeed comparing him with Rangers’ legendary Dutch left back, and in gait we can see why. He’s quick, hardworking, solid at the back, and transitions well with the left attack.
So much so that this boy hasn’t needed time, and has shown his class from the very start.
Mockery
Indeed, Tuur Rommens is making a total mockery of the notion that players should be given a chance, or time.
True class doesn’t need time, it fits in immediately and shows its quality from the off.
Of course, different players need different conditions – some do take a while to settle in. We’re admittedly struggling to think of many players who took some time to settle but then become a true touch of class once they did, but that’s just us.
Indeed, the one major example would be Rommens’ predecessor, ironically. Yes, Borna Barisic was pretty poor for Rangers until he scored a worldie free kick about 13 months into his Ibrox spell. After that his left peg was a weapon and for a time he was one of Britain’s best fullbacks.
Flying
Rommens has already started off flying for the club – managing an assist in his two appearances already. He was excellent in the big one v Hearts, and we can’t say that about all the other new faces. Give him a chance? He didn’t even need one.
The boy was a shrewd piece of scouting. Ibrox Noise didn’t know him at all, but one quick look at his CV and his quality was absolutely obvious. We did some research into him and were delighted with what we found. We were very happy with the addition.
He’s a talent. He’s 22, and Rangers paid around £4M for him. Around about the same fee as his illustrious Dutch predecessor from eons ago.
Whether Tuur Rommens will go onto be anything half as good as Numan time will tell, but he feels like a proper quality Rangers level player.
Jayden who?