No offers for wantaway goalkeeper Alan Julian
Gillingham manager Mark
Stimson has expressed his disappointment at keeper Alan Julian’s
decision to hand in a transfer request.
The Gills boss has accepted his
wish, though, and said his reserve keeper is free to go – providing
somebody wants him.
Stimson said: "You have to be good
in your position and there need to be people who want you. It’s not
as easy as going on the transfer list and five or six teams come in
for you. You have to be able to deal with where you’re going to go.
I haven’t had a phone call.
"He’s been on the loan circuit for
six weeks and I haven’t had a call. If someone comes in, he wants
to go and the deal is good for the club he will go.
"I can see his point of view and
I’m also disappointed. Modern-day football players are a different
breed. I was reading comments from Sir Alex Ferguson on the
modern-day player and he’s so correct. Unfortunately, the lower you
go the worse it can get. The boys at the top really look after
themselves and do things the right way. They do everything they can
to be at the top.
"Once you drop down a few levels,
players expect without actually doing things. You are as good as
your last game and as good as your last training session.
"I probably can’t get any more out
of him on the training ground, that’s fantastic, but sometimes
don’t forget where the old bread was buttered."
Stimson signed Julian in the summer
of 2008 from Stevenage, where under the Gills boss he was the
club’s number one choice. Julian started this season in goal but
was soon dropped and hasn’t appeared in the league since being
replaced at half-time against Hartlepool in August.
Monday, November 23 2009