Caulker

[Rangers77]

He clearly is. Watch it back. There's no "2nd man" to mark - its Caulker matched up aginst N'Doye, and Caulker makes a complete mess of it.

And some, having reviewed it, still blame Rob??

[surrey_hoop]

And some, having reviewed it, still blame Rob??

Well, I still have no idea why Green came out for a ball that he had no chance of beating N'Doye to - once N'Doye got goalside of Caulker, it wouldn't have mattered if Green had stayed on his line or not. I certainly wouldn't blame him for the goal.

[Shepherds Mush]

I have just watched it back mate. N'Doye is behind Rio - making him Caulker's man, who sees him throughout the play. Rio is zonal marking the front post (which admittedly he makes a balls up of.) N'Doye gets a run on Caulker and beats him by a yard without even breaking sweat. There's no second man to be marked - the other Hull player involved in the first phase of play completely drops off. Caulker doesn't even jump and reacts far too late - its actually embarrasing. As I said in my previous post, we didn't pay all that money to wait for him to become a good player - the blokes made over 200 professional appearances, and doesn't seem to be improving at all.

Would prefer him to man-mark....you know, the things that score goals. Who is our defensive coach!!?

[nasser95]

Would prefer him to man-mark....you know, the things that score goals. Who is our defensive coach!!?

apparently rio himself

[surrey_hoop]

Would prefer him to man-mark....you know, the things that score goals. Who is our defensive coach!!?

You can't really have our back two both man marking when Hull have 3 forwards on the pitch. Simple maths. One has to man mark, and the other has to zonal mark.

[vblockranger]

apparently rio himself

That makes sense then cos frog lips more interested in selling hats.

[The Merry Ploughboy]

From my view of it, Caulker is still worried about their No.9, maybe he should have been with N'Doye but in my opinion he was left with two to pick up.Interesting how it's seen so differently. Anyway, I wouldn't be giving up on Caulker by a long stretch.

[West Acton]

but the pairing of Caulker/Rio will relegate us.

More so then the Dunne Caulker partnership where he was still making mistakes and costing us goals

[Bill]

Well i've already posted he ain't up to much imo opinion so i'm not changing that.

so negative

[dave58]

Just back after a weekend away watching the Rs, Caulker is becoming a liability ! Cost us a few goals lately, yesterday was like he'd never been coached headed it straight back into the danger area, he could have just headed the ball wide or even flick it out for a corner, he's getting worse no wonder Cardiff went down, sadly we may be heading the same way but hope not,

[stationcafe]

Last season he received plaudits because he scored a few goals but he's not a good enough defender (similar to Samba).

God knows why we bought a rookie CB for a relegation scrap. Yet another great bit of business from Arry.

[QPR1234]

Quite an overrated defender. ever since he has had 'potential' to be the next ledley king thats been it. Hasn't really produced anywhere near the levels expected of him. good in the air but thats about it for me.

Sadly though we're vastly short of decent centre halfs at this level

[stanistheman]

I still think he has potential to improve, but his decision making is poor. Heading the ball outwards into the penalty box is a schoolboy/youth team error. He should be heading that out for a corner or towards the wings, and at 23 with the number of 1st team games he has played, he should know that by now.

He has cost QPR a number of goals this season and owes some from set pieces, preferably starting against Arsenal who use zonal marking.

[Shepherds Mush]

You can't really have our back two both man marking when Hull have 3 forwards on the pitch. Simple maths. One has to man mark, and the other has to zonal mark.

Defensive midfielder should pick up one of those forwards when they attack.

[surrey_hoop]

Defensive midfielder should pick up one of those forwards when they attack.

Fair enough, but it doesn't change the instructions for the CB's.