A topic we alluded to in the previous entry is that of fickle fans and their different takes on different players. The two that stand out completely are Tuur Rommens and Ryan Naderi. We have illustrated how Tuur Rommens has taken to Rangers like a duck to water. He has massively improved the standard. To say that Jayden Meghoma is unlikely to get his place back at left back is stating the obvious unless, of course, Rommens gets injured.
Romens versus Naderi
The reality is that the Belgian has been an absolute bargain and shows a proper Rangers standard player at long last. That is what we have been waiting for on Ibrox Noise for a very long time in that position. Borna Barisic did come close, but could not quite manage it. But Tuur Rommens really is of the level that we were looking for.
Fan contradiction
But the point here is the dichotomy once again, the paradox of the Rangers fan. When Ibrox Noise criticised Ryan Naderi and his diabolical start to life in Govan, along with just about every other signing that we have brought in over the last two windows, the excuse that the happy clappers shout at us is always the same.
‘He’s just in the door FFS’. ‘He’s only been here five minutes FFS’. That completely ignores the fact that Tuur Rommens is also technically ‘just in the door FFS’, but has shone like a beacon.
Class shows early
Class is permanent, no matter where it is. Yes, sometimes it can take a little longer. But you can usually see signs of it. For example, in the Croatian case that we offered two seconds ago, Borna Barisic.
It is worth noting that we already knew this guy was a major talent because we had seen him against us. His performances for Osijek were outstanding. Of course, he was a Croatian international.
You do not reach that level if you are not good. Consequently, he was still performing for his national team, even though he was not shining for Rangers.
Barisic as an exception
That was an anomaly, and we were trying to figure out why he struggled to produce that form for us. He did eventually, of course, a year later. He had not been impressive until then.
It took him a long time to settle at Rangers. But we knew there was a player there. There had to be, simply because he was a Croatian international.
We had also seen him at his best against us in the first place.
Naderi versus proven pedigree
Ryan Naderi does not have anything like that CV or proof. He apparently shone at the third level of German football. Yet fans are blindly backing him to do great at Rangers despite a miserable start, a rotten CV and zero evidence he’s any use.
He is clearly drowning and is not exactly thriving at this level. Meanwhile, Tuur Rommens, with the CV of being experienced at a high level in Belgium and being a Belgian under 21 international, clearly had the profile to do well.
He is a talent, and an obvious one. And he has been here two minutes and immediately shone easily.
The flawed argument
Different players settle at different times, we do know this. But to use the excuse that he is just in the door, that he has only been here two minutes, ‘FFS’, while ignoring that others have shone immediately, is for us a fallacy.
It is one of the many flaws in the argument when it comes to analysing our club, and probably football in general.
Conclusion
We do notice these things, and they never fail to raise our eyebrow. The reality is that Rommens has ‘been here two minutes’ and is already arguably the best player at the entire club.
Meanwhile, Ryan Naderi has been the same amount of time and shown no glimpse of quality. Yet we are to excuse Naderi on the basis of time. Tuur Rommens and Ryan Naderi. Make sense of that one, please?