Matt Turner

He tracked the ball well. As I posted before, he is good in the air and a good shot stopper. Arsenal signing him was curious because he isn’t the most assured with the ball at his feet, which is how Arteta wants to play.

For whatever reason, he has generally played very well for the nat’l team–as opposed to some gaffes early on for Arsenal.

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He did alright didn’t he?

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Worthy back-up. As I said in the matchday thread, he sure does like coming off his line. Lee Dixon drew attention to it on commentary and so far it has yielded good results…

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I’m liking this American boy

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Hard for the top teams to find good backups as it’s hard to give them any significant game time but Turner has shown he is a good option for us and probably helps this is his first foray into European football.

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He’s good.

He’s a good keeper, not great with his feet though.

Again great today. Tough goal with the deflection.

Aside that he very comfortable with the ball, great exits to counter Haaland running in behind and overall very calm.

He faked an injury at some point to tell something to something to the our staff through the physio, no idea what it was.

I only watched the second half because I didn’t get back in time but yeah he looked like a solid backup

Had a voice out there. World cup has given him some valuable game time and he doesn’t look out of place.
Confidence has grown and taking his opportunities well.

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“We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.”

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https://twitter.com/TUDNUSA/status/1672796171490967552

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Wanker, we needed the three points badly. Late equiliser for the Yanks as well.

Turner is genuinely pretty incredible at penalties. Saved 14 of 29 in his career now after a big performance in the Gold Cup (I know I know) shootout last night. Still not a huge sample but that’s a better record than Emi Martinez, Alisson, or just about any other keeper you can think of that is known for being a good penalty stopper. If we ever end up in a shootout, I think Arteta would be foolish to stick with Ramsdale if he has a sub left to put on Turner in the 120th minute.

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Feels like he’s been on international duty all summer.

Apparently he volunteered to stay longer while Trusty and Balogun came back. Generally this isn’t a competition USA care much about.

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1685656535920222208?s=46&t=LlMNFvsPPy2ozwuX8FhQrA

I dont feel he is good enough for us. So swapping him for Raya is insane business lol

https://twitter.com/zrafc/status/1685671907947941888?s=46&t=AXaXFdGpC85RzXwk6DBMgA

guess we will see what this guy is made of having shots and shots fired at him every game

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