by The Feral Goat on Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:12 am
Russell was always likely to leave, the sort of freak injury he got that almost ended his career, would only sharpen the focus on how short his time in the game could be, combine that with nearly missing out on the Pro game altogether the odds were he was going to leave and cash in. From a Glasgow point of view it frees up significant salary to try and retain other players but the bigger issues is how to replace Russell although Rennie may know of someone in NZ…
Weir is in a bit of an odd place short of confidence and not really the style of 10 Glasgow, Scotland and even Edinburgh to a lesser extent are looking for. I would think he is a good enough goal kicker to be of interest to some of the more conservative AP and T14 clubs but given he did not have offers last time and you can’t say he has enhanced his reputation while at Edinburgh, I agree he could still do a job for us I am not sure he will be at ER next season.