Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
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At least Sp**s didn't get Ben and his vlogs, that would have been heart-breaking!
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Matt Turner: Head Turner or Head Scratcher?
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Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
At least Sp**s didn't get Ben and his vlogs, that would have been heart-breaking!
TornadoTed
Established Member
Give the lad a chance and a bit of time FFS. He has been struggling with jet lag and is being asked to learn a level of passing out from the back he hasn't done before.
14Henry
Looking for receipts 👀
TornadoTed
Established Member
Footballers are human too, they suffer from things like grief, home sickness, depression, jet lag, settling in new Country etc. Just like the rest of us.Jet lag
He has crossed the Atlantic 4 times in less than 3 weeks.
Barry
Definitely Not An Old Poster
Think your call for patience is sensible. I know I've contributed to this with my frustration about our goalkeepers over the last few years but we should give Turner a chance at least. I think he will end up being better than he's looked so far and hopefully the positional issues are mostly down to nerves (or even jet lag / fatigue like you said)
Batman
Head of the Wayne foundation for benching Nketiah
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
This is top flight football, not f*cking Sunday league. Jesus Christ.
Country: England
He said it's mostly down "to the way we have to play" i.e adjusting to being on the ball more than previously in his lengthy interview.
Makes the signing even more weird tbh, unless they purposely looked for a keeper with different qualities to Ramsdale.
Barry
Definitely Not An Old Poster
Yeah it does because skill on the ball has been a prerequisite with all our other targets and even the good reports about Turner flagged it as a relative weakness.
Honestly though, I just find it hard to get too worked up about our backup keeper. Leno and Martinez were obviously really good backups but it's not the end of the world if he has to be shipped on again, it just looks really bad on Edu and Co.
Legend14
Established Member
American keepers usually have a weakness in using their feet, but they impress with using their hands. So, if we wanted someone similar to Ramsdale, I am not sure why we recruited Turner. It will be an adjustment for hiim.
I am fully behind him though. I can see the winner in him.
Country: England
DJ_Markstar
Based and Artetapilled
Player:Martinelli
The type of thread title that makes you dream...of more creative mods
BergMan
Betrayed by Xhaka
Turner looked fine in both games I seen him?
If Ramsdale has bad form it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that Turner will be our #1 keeper.
If Ramsdale has bad form it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that Turner will be our #1 keeper.
grange
Losing my brain cells 🥸
Country: USA
Player:Havertz
He looked like he settled down when he came on for Ramsdale against Chelsea although he didn't have to do much.
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
4-0 up at home at halftime, in a friendly game that didn't really matter...still didn't get any minutes.
Even Runarsson got a few competitive games before getting dumped, has Mikel already lost faith in him
Even Runarsson got a few competitive games before getting dumped, has Mikel already lost faith in him
grange
Losing my brain cells 🥸
Country: USA
Player:Havertz
Thought he looked calm when he came on against Chelsea although they didn't do anything.
Legend14
Established Member
No reason whatsoever to cast stones at Turner. He hasn’t played enough for anyone who had not seen him play make a judgment. Settle down. Let’s see him play some before evaluating.
sergio_giorgini
Dying on Mt.Neymar Hill
Who dis?
Country: England
Player:Rice
We try to be too clever with these back up keeper signings. Puffin, Turner etc.
I'm not going to write the guy off yet as it's only been 2 friendlies, nerves are probably to be expected.
What I don't get is his distribution doesn't look amazing so far. If that's the case why not go for a tried and tested PL keeper like Forster. You know what you're getting. A decent, no frills, old school keeper. You'd have no fear with him stepping in for a few weeks if Ramsdale picked up an injury.
I'm not going to write the guy off yet as it's only been 2 friendlies, nerves are probably to be expected.
What I don't get is his distribution doesn't look amazing so far. If that's the case why not go for a tried and tested PL keeper like Forster. You know what you're getting. A decent, no frills, old school keeper. You'd have no fear with him stepping in for a few weeks if Ramsdale picked up an injury.
AmeriGooner
Active Member
Matt did an interview with Men in Blazers on their new American States United pod. It’s heavily edited to the point it feels scripted but there’s some good stuff in there from Matt.
Men In Blazers: American States United with Matt Turner, Presented by ESPN+ on Apple Podcasts
Show Men In Blazers, Ep American States United with Matt Turner, Presented by ESPN+ - Aug 9, 2022
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