posted Jul 3, 2009

The BBC site says he was displaced by Brad Jones when infact he was dropped by Southgate who cut off his nose to spite his face.

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Southgate cut his nose off? That must've taken him quite some time!!!

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posted Jul 3, 2009

Aside from from all the handbag comments on here i'm a true Boro supporter and sad to see Turnbull leave. He would have been Boro's first choice keeper and would have played all season if he had not expressed a desire to leave. The BBC site says he was displaced by Brad Jones when infact he was dropped by Southgate who cut off his nose to spite his face. His contract was running down so he was obviously able to talk to other clubs. I wish him well because he is young and will be fine tuning his trade with one of the best keepers the premiership has ever seen - Petr cech. It's not Turnbulls fault that our club did not tie him down, that we released Schwarzer a year early without giving Ross time to bed in and also the fact that Southgate could not see that Turnbull was clearly better than Brad Jones. If you snooze you lose and we have lost a good young English keeper. He is a big powerfull lad who commands the box well. He made some mistakes but then he was in a team with no confidence. Good Luck Ross.

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The most balanced comment on this transfer

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posted Jul 3, 2009

Nice to see Southgate's loyalty to the keepers last season has been repaid.

And there were the fans screaming for a good keeper to be bought, someone who coulda made the difference between staying up or going down.

Cheers Ross.

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posted Jul 3, 2009

Yes Turnbull is a good keeper and better than Brad Jones but at best at Championship level, he makes too many mistakes even at his time on loan at Cardiff he made mistakes in his first few games the was dropped. The reason he left Boro was due to his insane wage demands, hence why no other club touched him, he also wanted to be 1st choice and when he was and was given decent contracts, yet he still wanted more.

Southgate or the club never messed Turnbull about, the fact it was the other way round, he refused to sign a contract at the start of the season as he wanted to be the 1st choice keeper and when he was, he still refused to sign as he thought he was bigger than the club and deserved a bigger contract.

The reason Southgate dropped him in favour of Jones was to prove that his demands where unacceptable and that no player is bigger than the club (shame he couldn't do the same with Downing), should Turnbull accepted one of the decent contracts the club offered him, then he would have been playing ahead of Jones and would have been 1st choice, from what I've been told Turnbull wanted £25k+ but since he'd not played much 1st team football for the club and in the Premiership the club where offering £8K and would review the contract over a season or two based on performances.

This is no big loss to the club what so ever, if he’s got no loyalty then why should the club keep him as he’s shown that all he’s thinking about his money and he wont be to bothered now being 3rd choice as long as he’s getting the pay packet he wanted.

They are far better English keepers these days than Turnbull and if he thinks that his International chances have increased, we'll he's going to be disappointed, Cech is miles better and then Turnbull and still yet to reach his peak and¬ there is no way Turnbull will be playing 1st team football for Chelsea in the next 5 to 6 years, the beat he's going to get is reserve team football or loaned out to Championship, League 1 clubs unless some how both Cech and Hilário are unavailable at the same time.

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posted Jul 3, 2009

I'm seriously worried about what's happening at the boro. Maybe he did have high wage demands, maybe he was annoyed at being passed over for the spectacularly average jones but these are all things that clubs have to manage and deal with. We are now left with a lightweight keeper in a tough division with no obvious back up. There doesn't seem to be any positive news coming out of the boro at the minute. 1st division here we come.

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posted Jul 4, 2009

What's wrong with the Boro?

It's about time Boro got rid of all the players who just care about their wage packet and not the club and the club has shown with Turnbull that they wont be bulled into stupid wage demands for average players, shame other players aren't following Turnbull out of the door.

If Turnbull wants to be 3rd choice at Chelsea and only play reserve team football and go out to average championship\league 1 clubs for the rest of his carrer than fine, IMO he would of play more Premiership games and become an established 1st choice keeper, he should of stayed at the Boro or have signed for one of the new clubs, but it seemes greed has taken over.

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posted Jul 5, 2009

Im a true boro fan and everyone slating ross needs there heads banging together. Ross is a brilliant keeper and its a shame we have lost him, hes brave will put his head into a strikers foot to ensure he comes out with the ball. Schwarzer left the club to early due to being messed about with his contract. Instead of signing a replacement southgate has faith in Ross which shows how good he is. I think it was just maybe 1 year to early. Ross is a brilliant goalkeeper and being a understudy to petr cech will do him the world of good. whether he eventially breaks in to the first 11 or whether he is sold for a profit its a great signing. Training with players like anelka and lampard rather than alves and digard will mean he will actually get some shot stopping practice.

Just do us a favour Ancelotti. Loan us him back we need him

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posted Jul 5, 2009

we had him at Cardiff for a while and he made so many gaffs he ended up benched. He did show some signs of talent though and I think in the right club and the right surroundings he could be a good number 2

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posted Sep 8, 2009

Okay, it was a free transfer, but couldn't Chelsea have poured just a little more money, maybe £200,000 atleast, into a more able goalkeeper. I know he is still quite young, after all, most keepers reach their prime around 29 - 30, but his goals conceded record at Boro versus his appearances for the club are very bad, and like concernedincardiff mentioned, he messes up too much. Personally I think Turnbull should have stayed at Boro or moved to a lesser side atleast. He will get little opportunity at Chelsea and even if he does, the pressure is on him to do well in a world class team.

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posted Sep 8, 2009

Okay, it was a free transfer, but couldn't Chelsea have poured just a little more money, maybe £200,000 atleast

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Because this way we have nowt to lose, and we still have Hilario as well. But for goalkeepers cover is not quite as important as for outfield players - the risk of injury is lower. That said, if Cech happens to be out for a little while, I dont think either of them would do that badly, or make that many gaffes between the sticks.

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