Aye, that sprout of a lad, Adam Devine born on lovely spring day, March 25, 2003, quips he's a 'defender' for Rangers. Lords preserve us! We s'pose the lad makes a passable right back, if you don't mind 'em whelpling and whining every time they nick a knee. Six foot, mind you, (1.83m for those of you with a continental flavour) so at least he's good for picking apples.
While he counts calories like a Hollywood starlet, tipping the scales at just a doe-like 11st 4lb, or 72kg for those averse to the good old imperial system. Not much meat on him to take a proper tackle. But, we suppose at the young age of 21, there's still hope for him yet. Decked in the intimidating number 44 jersey - we can see the fear quaking in opponents' boots already.
We'd a good chuckle when we heard he joined the Rangers as a trainee back in the summer of '18. Saw little action in his debut season, 2021 - 2022, with only two appearances - we reckon they were checking if he could lace up his boots properly. By next season, he'd doubled that to a whopping six... if such prodigious improvement continues, he might just hit double figures in appearances by the time he's 40.
Devine got shifted from Rangers over to Partick Thistle โon loan in March 2021. Good to get a sage dose of Championship football to give his ego a wee boost, before transferring him to Brechin City in the Highland League on loan. Alas, not permanent โ lamentably, returned to Rangers upon completion of his loan in June 2021. Miraculously, this sojourn didn't translate into a significant leap in his performances. Mad, I know. Still only managed to drag himself unto the pitch for first team league matches a handful of times.
In a bold (moore's like baffling) move in February 2024, Devine was transferred on loan to Motherwell. Here, he set the pitch ablaze with an astounding one goal in ten league matches. Broke several hearts, no doubt, when he returned to Rangers in June 2024.
This season, 2024 - 2025, his contribution to the Rangers' cause continues to be, well, slight to say in the most generous of terms, with zero first team league appearances thus far. Must be awfully crampy on that bench, eh, son?
We all eagerly await what the rest of his, ahem, compelling career will be. Let me just pop the kettle on...might be a long wait...
