Brendan Galloway will have Plymouth Argyle future

Ryan Lowe has moved to reassure injured Plymouth Argyle defender Brendan Galloway that he does have a future with Plymouth Argyle.

Galloway is set to have a MRI scan tomorrow (Friday) after suffering a dislocated kneecap during the first half of the 3-0 League One defeat by Wycombe Wanderers at Home Park on Tuesday night.

More will be known about the severity of the injury after that, but Lowe admitted Galloway would be out 'for a long spell'.


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Thats good to hear, He certainly deserved a longer deal before this happend so this should be a good incentive for Brendan to look forward to while Rehabbing that there will be a deal for him if he can get back to fitness and fom.

Had his operation and is out for the rest of the season.

Been offered an 18 month contract though, which is good.

Yes good on the club. Well done Argyle and speedy recovery to Brendan.

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Thats good to hear, He certainly deserved a longer deal before this happend so this should be a good incentive for Brendan to look forward to while Rehabbing that there will be a deal for him if he can get back to fitness and fom.

Was trying to see who the "guest" was?

Unfortunately, I think it's 'Angry'?

Fed up with Harve and his constant trolling.

As we all are

PlymptonPilgrim wrote:

Had his operation and is out for the rest of the season.

Been offered an 18 month contract though, which is good.

Brendan Galloway will be offered an 18-month contract with Plymouth Argyle as he prepares to start out on the long road to recovery following knee surgery.

The Zimbabwe international defender had an operation to repair a torn patellar tendon in London on Wednesday and will not play again for the Pilgrims this season.

Galloway did the damage to the patellar tendon, which attaches the bottom of the kneecap to the top of the shinbone, when trying a shot during the League One game against Wycombe Wanderers at Home Park on November 23.


Argyle will stick by Galloway despite his latest long-term injury, which manager Ryan Lowe believes is the morally right thing to do.

Lowe said: "He has had an operation. He has had his patellar tendon restructured so it's a long, long road for Brendan.

"I don't really know the timescale but I think it could be six to eight months potentially so he definitely won't kick another ball this season.

"He's in good spirits. The operation went well. He went and saw the best specialist there is, Sam Church, up in London.

"He has been treated well, he's recovering now and we are with him all the way until he has recovered properly."

Galloway has made 14 starts and two substitute appearances for Argyle this season, scoring two goals, and impressed everyone with his defensive ability.

Lowe said: "They are pleased with how the operation went. He will have a little bit of time at home with his family and then we will reassess.

"He will see the specialist again in three or four weeks time and then he will be on the road to recovery."

The Pilgrims' boss added: "We will agree a new contract with him. I have already had the backing from the board (of directors). I think it's the right thing to do.

"We will get him fit, we will recover him right through the process and then however well he does from that process he will be rewarded further.

"We have just got to make sure that the lad has got an income coming in and we will certainly do that.

"His contract runs out in January and he will probably sign a year-and-a-half contract. It will probably take him six to eight months to get back and then we will have him for the short time.

"If he produces what he was producing a couple of weeks back then he will be fine, but we definitely will be looking after him."

The security of continuing to be under contract to Argyle and the guarantee of a wage coming in will allow Galloway to focus fully on his rehabilitation.

Lowe said: "Me, morally, I wanted to do that. The club did. It's the right thing to do. We were in discussions with Brendan anyway regarding a new contract.

"The contract will look a little bit different to what it would have been, but that's just the way football is. We will make sure that he's looked after and he hasn't got to worry about income coming in and he has got a contract to get back fit.

"I don't know whether some teams or all teams would do something like that, I'm not too sure how it would work at other clubs, but at Plymouth Argyle we want to do the right thing by Brendan.

"We will stick to that and it gives him plenty of time to get back training and playing games again."

The left-sided defender gave an update on how he was feeling in a post on his Instagram account earlier this week.

Galloway said: "It's a marathon not a sprint. I'm devastated with the injury. Man this season I was enjoying ball like never before.

"I was playing with the confidence that my manager, team-mates and Argyle fans had given me. I was excited to put the shirt on every game.

"I was excited to rep my country at AFCON in Jan. God had a different plan, I trust that and will never doubt that. Ready to support my team-mates and brothers and focused on my recovery."

Bit of a waste of money right now.
We need to get over the signing of the likes of Ouch my knee,Church, Macleod etc.

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Bit of a waste of money right now.
We need to get over the signing of the likes of Ouch my knee,Church, Macleod etc.

He earnt the contract before he got injured and the club would have put some kind of clause to terminate the deal if he gets too many injuries and hasnt played in a number of games as a result to trigger it as a result of his current injury which ist anything like church or macleod or even cooper.

I'm happy we got he signed up as he is a good player and we wil need him ext season

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Jethro wrote:

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Bit of a waste of money right now.
We need to get over the signing of the likes of Ouch my knee,Church, Macleod etc.

He earnt the contract before he got injured and the club would have put some kind of clause to terminate the deal if he gets too many injuries and hasnt played in a number of games as a result to trigger it as a result of his current injury which ist anything like church or macleod or even cooper.

I'm happy we got he signed up as he is a good player and we wil need him ext season

He has a known history of injury like Church Macleod etc.

I just thought we were over signing injury-prone crocks.

Hopefully we got him on a low wage with bonuses for staying fit and playing,
Not just sitting in the Treatment room racking up a few grand a week.

What we need to do is actually be in some form of reserve league where your Coopers and Galloways can regain fitness. thats what the galloway money could better be spent on.

Some players are more than worth the risk. Galloway definitely falls into that bracket. He’d be a regular for a decent Championship team if he wasn’t so injury prone.

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Bit of a waste of money right now.
We need to get over the signing of the likes of Ouch my knee,Church, Macleod etc.

Won't be a waste of money if Galloway makes a full recovery-it would be a bit of an egg on your face job if Argyle didn't offer him a deal and another club were to benefit from his services on getting back to fitness. If there was no prospect of him playing professionally again then that may be a different scenario but the wonders of modern surgery and all that, we'll just have to wait and see. There would also be the reputation of the club to consider as well-if clubs don't do the right thing by their staff, then word can soon spread through the grapevine and possibly make Argyle not such an appealing prospect for potential recruits. Exactly the right move imho and hopefully it will pay mutual dividend in due course.

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Jethro wrote:

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Bit of a waste of money right now.
We need to get over the signing of the likes of Ouch my knee,Church, Macleod etc.

Won't be a waste of money if Galloway makes a full recovery-it would be a bit of an egg on your face job if Argyle didn't offer him a deal and another club were to benefit from his services on getting back to fitness. If there was no prospect of him playing professionally again then that may be a different scenario but the wonders of modern surgery and all that, we'll just have to wait and see. There would also be the reputation of the club to consider as well-if clubs don't do the right thing by their staff, then word can soon spread through the grapevine and possibly make Argyle not such an appealing prospect for potential recruits. Exactly the right move imho and hopefully it will pay mutual dividend in due course.

That maybe so, but we are looking for strength and depth now, having someone who might not be fit till september.
isn't helping the cause now.

If he's on a basic wage with a bonus for playing then we have got a steal. if we are paying a couple of grand a week for him to be camped out in the treatment room, then it's not such a steal.

We have to look after him correct,
As I said just thought we were past the Brent era, signing injury-prone players era.

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Jethro wrote:

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Bit of a waste of money right now.
We need to get over the signing of the likes of Ouch my knee,Church, Macleod etc.

Won't be a waste of money if Galloway makes a full recovery-it would be a bit of an egg on your face job if Argyle didn't offer him a deal and another club were to benefit from his services on getting back to fitness. If there was no prospect of him playing professionally again then that may be a different scenario but the wonders of modern surgery and all that, we'll just have to wait and see. There would also be the reputation of the club to consider as well-if clubs don't do the right thing by their staff, then word can soon spread through the grapevine and possibly make Argyle not such an appealing prospect for potential recruits. Exactly the right move imho and hopefully it will pay mutual dividend in due course.

That maybe so, but we are looking for strength and depth now, having someone who might not be fit till september.
isn't helping the cause now.

If he's on a basic wage with a bonus for playing then we have got a steal. if we are paying a couple of grand a week for him to be camped out in the treatment room, then it's not such a steal.

We have to look after him correct,
As I said just thought we were past the Brent era, signing injury-prone players era.

what was the critchlow signing for? cover his absence and strengthen up the defender numbers. Besides a disolcated knee cap wont rule him out till september he will most likely all going well be back for pre season.

Galloway is a good player who again im happy he's staying put hes proven his worth the new contract.

Critchlow isn't a depth signing, its just a like for like replacement.

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Critchlow isn't a depth signing, its just a like for like replacement.

exactly as we don't need to be signing defenders atm seeing as we have 6 including critchlow for galloway and play with 3 theres enough depth there bar injuries.

Looks a good strategy to sign Galloway up given his age and quality, Schuey has enough experienced advisors around him to be planning for a few seasons ahead.

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Jethro wrote:

Critchlow isn't a depth signing, its just a like for like replacement.

exactly as we don't need to be signing defenders atm seeing as we have 6 including critchlow for galloway and play with 3 theres enough depth there bar injuries.

Scarr,Wilson, gillesphy,Critchlow,Bolton

That's only 5. Can't count Galloway as an option.
So we're back to where we started.
We need to sign another CB or recall Thomlinson.
To claim there's Depth for 3 CB places.

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Jethro wrote:

Critchlow isn't a depth signing, its just a like for like replacement.

exactly as we don't need to be signing defenders atm seeing as we have 6 including critchlow for galloway and play with 3 theres enough depth there bar injuries.

Scarr,Wilson, gillesphy,Critchlow,Bolton

That's only 5. Can't count Galloway as an option.
So we're back to where we started.
We need to sign another CB or recall Thomlinson.
To claim there's Depth for 3 CB places.

tomlinson is on a months loan so theres 6 and i didnt count Galloway

Trouble is Wilson is a liability and Gillespy isn't all that. I'm no professional football manager but I have a sneaking suspicion that the reason we ship so many goals is because our defence is mainly shite still.

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Trouble is Wilson is a liability and Gillespy isn't all that. I'm no professional football manager but I have a sneaking suspicion that the reason we ship so many goals is because our defence is mainly shite still.

wilson is a loose canon. the best replacement we've found was Scarr. Still think we need another overhaul back there