Desire to keep Mason at club
Forfar Athletic boss Jim Weir says he has to give on loan goalkeeper Mason Munn game time so Rangers don’t ask for him back.
The 19-year-old arrived at Station Park last month having spent the first half on the season on loan at Dunfermline Athletic.
Munn was handed his first team debut for Rangers in last season’s Scottish Cup, and is one of the highest rated youngsters in the UK.
The Northern Ireland u-21 international made his first start for Forfar in the recent win over Alloa Athletic.
Munn then kept his first clean sheet in the 0-0 draw at Edinburgh City on Saturday.
Weir told the club’s media team it was a difficult call to take club legend Marc McCallum out of the starting line-up.
He said: “It is a really sore one on Marc McCallum because he’s done nothing wrong this season.
"It would be a really strange one when you think about it changing the team after keeping a clean sheet (against Dumbarton).
"I spoke to Marc and told him he wasn’t dropped, but we need to see Mason because he is a top goalkeeper.
"It isn’t as if we’ve brought in a training goalkeeper as back-up, we need to see both players and see who is the best.
"We need to be fair to the player and fair to Rangers, and make sure he gets game time.
"Goalkeepers can be called back at any time, which is different to outfield players, so if Mason doesn’t get game time we run the risk of that happening.
"It will be case of them fighting it out and I think there will be times we rotate them because we’ve got to be fair on them both.”
Meanwhile forward Nathan Cannon has joined League Two rivals Clyde on loan for the rest of the season.
The 20-year-old made 30 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring once, he will be ineligible to play against Forfar.
Ironically, the next match at Station Park is the visit of Clyde this Saturday.