Oh dear, oh dear. Here we all were thinking Petr Cech would have some decent cover this season eh? Ok, so we put a total of 7 goals past Ross Turnball last season – 5 of them in one hit – but he was playing for Boro, so that in itself was worth giving him the benefit of the doubt for surely? Unfortunately, if lasts nights performance for the reserves is anything to go by, even on a free transfer, we might have been benevolent in the extreme.

I didn’t watch it myself but if the scoreline and reports are to be believed, it seems Turnball had a nightmare for our reserves against Villa’s, as we took a 4-0 battering. From being unable to hold onto the ball on the edge of his area and failing to get anywhere near his own players misguided headers, right through to his sloppy clearances, it sounds as if Turnball crammed it all into his game.

Just a bad night? I dunno but I’d feel a bit iffy about having him on our bench.

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