[Link] Steven Caulker

It could have been in euros but I can definitely remember 4.6m and that's why I was really looking forward to seeing him. But even besides jozo I think between 3 and 5 would be grand for caulker especially considering we are getting rid of and have got rid of some dead wood already

 

Good, dont want him near us.

 

Aye okay lets keep Efe instead.

 

I would well prefer Duffy. I think Caulker is vastly overrated, he's as slow as anything reminds me of him thats training with Sevco actually Onyewu, big and strong but no pace and very average at defending or on the ball.

Duffy actually seems fairly mobile for a big guy and a good defender maybe better on the ball too.

 

When he played for Southampton against Liverpool is probably last time I mind him, think they were pumped 6-0 or something and he was caught out for about 3 or 4 of the goals. Although I mind him coming on up front for Liverpool in a game too.

He's always looked really slow to me on the turn, very heavy footed like hes carrying too much upper body weight..

Last 2 seasons he played in the EPL his team were relegated as bottom of the League I think, loan spell at Southampton he barely got a game and was holwing, went to Liverpool and they only ever played him up front.

I don't really want Duffy either but he did look quite good at the Euros, reminded me a bit of MacAuley of NIreland whos been a decent player in the EPL for probably a decade, decent enough on the ball, mobile enough and done plenty of good defending.

 

Agree too, id prefer someone foreign like Sviatchenko.

That game I was talking about

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuhYbfI_lTQ[/ame]

2:55 caught out by Sturridge and for pace, gets back then let Sturridge shoot like Kiernan against Stokes in the Cup final... goal

3.55 plays Sturridge onside, ball over him to Sturridge... goal

8.26 again too deep playing Origi onside, again too slow lets Origi run away... goal

10.47 dragged out to right back, gives the guy space to cross... header goal

In general his positioning is woeful in all the clips of that game. He could also have stopped the 5th goal where he ran across but just stood as the shot went inches past him, had he ran and slid in front or jumped infront hed have stopped that as well and in another clip near the middle of the video he lets a guy turn him in the box and hit a shot which Van Dijk blocks.

He's always stuck out to me as someone whos awful, since I first mind seeing him at a youth tournament for England where he was getting tore apart in every game. I dont know how decent teams keep signing him although to be fair to Koeman and Klopp they never really played him so must have clocked he was pish in training.

 

Sturridge and Origi are hardly slow though, basing it off one game is daft.

 

Aye, im not just basing my opinion off one game though, there are probably comments posted by me slagging Cardiff, QPR, Southampton and Liverpool for signing him as i've not liked him for that long

 

Sign him.

 

Would be a very good addition...

 

My best mate is a spurs fan and always rated him quite highly, was surprised when they let him go.

He's had spells when he has shown there is the potential for a top defender in there and then spells where he just looks like he isn't going to develop further. I'd like to put it down to just not being settled with one team for long enough over the last couple of years.

A year loan with an option to buy would be a good move. He would be an upgrade on all of our defenders except Erik and if he plays well enough then we take the option and have a solid CB partnership for a couple of years at least

 

i like the sound of this guy. I like that he's one of Rodgers' boys, suggesting he'd be committed, also like the sound of his style of play. BR obviously rates him, the guy seemed to have the best years of his life under him so we could see a return to form up here. Similar story to Kelvin Wilson when he came.

 

Time to move for him? seen https://thecelticblog.com/2018/08/b...our-doorstep-stop-wasting-time-and-get-to-it/

 

Not for me. Be seriously done, if we get 9+ million for Boyata, and this is what we bring in.

Maybe him and someone else ahead of him, aye

 

Why did he struggle to get in the QPR team? Seems like the sort of player we should have taken a punt on before he went to Dundee in January. If we paid £1m for him AND brought in someone else I think I would be fine. Maybe bring him in at the end of the season for free.