It's sink or swim time for Michael Beale as the new Rangers boss prepares to get down to the real business of managing Rangers. And Adam Devine is hoping he’ll be diving in at the deep end along with the new Light Blues boss after making a splash on his big Ibrox audition.
Hibs will head to Glasgow on Thursday to provide the opposition for Beale’s first match in charge. But with Croatian ace Borna Barisic still going for glory in Qatar and Ridvan Yilmaz out injured, the Londoner has a problem to solve at left-back. He tried out kid right-back Devine on the opposite flank on Saturday as his new charges put on an encouraging show in their one and only dress rehearsal before they have to do it all for real against Lee Johnson’s Leith outfit later this week. And the impressive display from the 19-year-old in the 3-0 friendly win over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday suggests he’s ready to handle the task.
Devine certainly thinks so as he urged his new manager to let him take the plunge against the Easter Road outfit. The Scotland under-21 ace - who has just three previous top-team run-outs to his name side - said: “I enjoyed that, it was excellent. I’m grateful to the manager for picking me for the starting XI and I really enjoyed getting those minutes under my belt. I just play where the manager wants me to play. I did a job there at left-back on Saturday but hopefully I can stamp my authority and keep playing. To play regularly for this team you have to be adaptable. All the full-backs at the club are great players and with Tav being captain, it can be hard to get past him.
