Zappa 0 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Wednesday, 16 April 2014 13:00 Boss Hopeful On Injuries Written by Andrew Dickson ALLY McCOIST is hopeful of being able to call on some different faces at Stenhousemuir on Saturday as recently-injured players and under-20 squad members become available again. The manager went into last night’s game against Forfar without Lewis Macleod, Andy Little, Cammy Bell, David Templeton and Lee Wallace. Of those, there’s a chance Bell and Little could return to the fold at Ochilview but the other three will definitely miss out. McCoist also omitted his youngsters yesterday because of the fixtures they have to fulfil at their own level. Gordon Durie’s team played 120 minutes on Sunday in energy-sapping conditions against St Mirren in the SFA Youth Cup and hosts Partick tonight in the SPFL Under-20 League. But with a free weekend ahead for them, there will be the opportunity to bring selected emerging talents into the first-team pool once more. That means the likes of Calum Gallagher, now with five senior outings under his belt, and Charlie Telfer – a regular substitute in 2014 – could feature against the Warriors. McCoist said: “I would hope we’ll bring some people back again. We don’t seem to get an injury where someone returns after one game out. “I’d be really hopeful a couple of the boys can get themselves fit and turn up for their work against Stenny, who will make it really tough for us. “The ideal situation is we’ve a healthy squad to pick from and nothing annoys me more than a busy treatment room. We want to avoid that at all costs.” One other concern for McCoist is the fitness of Arnold Peralta, who had to go off against Forfar yesterday with a hamstring strain. The Honduran international is being assessed today at Murray Park and the manager is hoping the issue isn’t too serious. McCoist added: “The last thing we need is more injury problems. I read somewhere we have 57 players but I’ll need to have a good look to see where they are. “Arnold, Andy and Lee are all good, good players for us but we’ve got injuries all over the place. It’s like a hole in the head.” http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/6782-boss-hopeful-on-injuries 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 McCoist also omitted his youngsters yesterday because of the fixtures they have to fulfil at their own level. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTinMan99 0 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 "McCoist added: “The last thing we need is more injury problems." Aye, how will we cope with the 4 meaningless games we have left to play. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 i think theres some value in this in fairness. they have a chance of a double. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 i think theres some value in this in fairness. they have a chance of a double. Exactly. I was hoping we might see the likes of Telfer getting a game last night along with Gallagher and Gasparotto, but I hadn't realised that the U20 team were playing tonight. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Fair enough, if the ambition is to become a successful under-20 side. The lad in the thread the other day about our youth policy was slating us for focusing on the first team - but what else is the rationale for being a full time professional sports club? Every team below the first exists to provide players for that top team and for that reason only. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I don't bother reading the moronic things he has to any more. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 i think theres some value in this in fairness. they have a chance of a double. And that takes priority over getting them first team experience? That's ridiculous. Trophies at youth level should be a complete irrelevance compared to getting them in the first team. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 And that takes priority over getting them first team experience? That's ridiculous. Trophies at youth level should be a complete irrelevance compared to getting them in the first team. Competitive games are always better than friendlies. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Our season is over after the last 2 games. He should have utilised the squad when it mattered. Yes going unbeaten in the league is something to play for but once the title was wrapped up a few key players should have been rested while bringing 1 or 2 of the U20s in for experience. It has to be said Ally is failing on many levels. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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