BrahimHemdani 1 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Quick bump for the transfer thread to say that on Thursday Steve Simonsen answered a question from a Rangers fan on twitter who was asking him what the script is and Simmo said he's in limbo, which is what I had suspected. In other words... we haven't offered him a new contract, but neither have we told him that his services will no longer by required. Not a very fair way to treat a player. We shouldn't repeat the same mistake as last year. Gallagher is more than good enough to be our No.2 and if he has to sit on the bench that's what happens. We can't afford to pay a back up goalie to play one game a season. We're carrying too many passengers already; must be about 28-30 in the first team squad as it is. He should be told thanks for last season and all the best for the future. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 We shouldn't repeat the same mistake as last year. Gallagher is more than good enough to be our No.2 and if he has to sit on the bench that's what happens. We can't afford to pay a back up goalie to play one game a season. We're carrying too many passengers already; must be about 28-30 in the first team squad as it is. He should be told thanks for last season and all the best for the future. There's absolutely no way he should get a new contract, but I don't think any of our players should be left in limbo either and that certainly appears to be what has happened with Steve Simonsen. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 So Steve Simonsen is back training with us and came on in the friendly against Fulham today! Interesting....... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,153 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Cowie has signed for Wigan... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,255 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Obviously, Gallagher may have told Ally that he does not exactly fancy the No. 2 role ... as unlikely as this would be. Since he is AFAIK too old for the youth teams it would leave him with next to no footie unless Ally decides to use him in the "lesser" cups? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 Obviously, Gallagher may have told Ally that he does not exactly fancy the No. 2 role ... as unlikely as this would be. Since he is AFAIK too old for the youth teams it would leave him with next to no footie unless Ally decides to use him in the "lesser" cups? Scott Gallacher can still play for the U20 team even although he's over age, but that would continue to hinder the development of our other promising young keepers. Ideally, I'd have thought that Durie would be keen to play and develop the likes of Liam Kelly in the U20 team since he's still only 19. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Obviously, Gallagher may have told Ally that he does not exactly fancy the No. 2 role ... as unlikely as this would be. Since he is AFAIK too old for the youth teams it would leave him with next to no footie unless Ally decides to use him in the "lesser" cups? I'm sure fighting for your place at Ibrox would be a far more attractive proposition than playing a handful of games for some dead beat lower division side. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,153 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Simonsen has signed for another year... http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/7181-simmo-signs-on-again 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,255 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 It would be good to hear McCoist's explanation why he did not promote Gallagher to No.2. The only reason I can see is that McCoist wants him to get more competitive action rather than being Bell's deputy ... and thus he'll send him on-loan again. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,050 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Simonsen has signed for another year... http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/7181-simmo-signs-on-again Truly bizarre. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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