Jake Turner: Gillingham goalkeeper signs new contract
Gillingham goalkeeper Jake Turner has signed a new contract with the League Two club.
The 24-year-old has kept five clean sheets in eight games this season to help the Gills to the top of the table.
Former Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle United man Turner joined the Kent club in June last year.
“Since coming in 15 months ago he has developed not just as a goalkeeper but as a character in the changing room,” boss Neil Harris told the club website.
“We feel that over the course of the coming season he will keep improving and grow with the team.”
The Gills have not disclosed the length of his new deal at the Priestfield Stadium.
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Harris | “We were not clinical enough”
Gills boss frustrated as missed chances prove costly at Doncaster.
Neil Harris said his side were not clinical enough at the Eco-Power Stadium as Doncaster seal narrow victory.
Gillingham manager Neil Harris was frustrated at how his side managed to lose in the team’s 2-1 defeat at Doncaster on Saturday.
Ben Close scored a brace for the visitors, which left Harris disappointed due to both goals coming directly from restarts in the game.
Harris also bemoaned several missed opportunities. Gills had huge chances throughout the game, with the manager knowing that the lack of a clinical threat cost them.
Assessment of the fixture…
“They didn’t cause us loads of problems. We had chance after chance after chance over the course of the 90 minutes. What’s my gripe? The two goals. The winning goal is a great strike. Everyone has just seen the picture of the winning goal.
It’s poor from us on a set piece, on a restart from a throw-in. Our organisation is really poor. It is bad communication from the players, but it is a great strike into the top corner.
“Before that, we have had six, seven or eight sitters, and I am talking absolute sitters.
“It is disappointing. I can’t fault the lads for their effort and desire. We changed shape today because of the personnel that was not available, and we were not clinical enough in the final third.”
Being clinical…
“We haven’t won the game because we haven’t been clinical enough. We should be coming off the pitch being four or five up in that game. If you don’t take your chances, then you’re not going to win games of football at any level. Today, we paid the price for not being clinical enough.”
