Caulker

[oldskoolturk]

Very in depth interview about his addictions and mental health problems. Explains a lot!

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/29/steven-caulker-mental-illness-addictions-gambling-drinking-qpr?CMP=twt_gu

[Rangers77]

Very in depth interview about his addictions and mental health problems. Explains a lot!

https://www.theguardian.com/football...qpr?CMP=twt_gu

Hey, hey, hey hey HEY! Life sucks. Get a helmet.........

Mental health matters. But this fella is clearly swinging the lead.

[nasser95]

Football does not deal well with mental illness. Maybe it’s changing but the support mechanisms are so often not there. I’ve spoken to so many players who have been told to go to the Sporting Chance clinic and they’ve refused because they know, if they take time off, they’ll lose their place in the team. Someone steps in and does well, so you’re gone. That dissuades people from getting help. You feel obliged to get on with things.

This paragraph is really eye opening to me at least.

[acricketer]

More than one has flown over our cuckoo's nest now!

[Pinkie]

By reading most of that ill be surprised if we dont give him one more chance to prove himself if hes fit enough if only to sell!

[Cjskinz]

By reading most of that ill be surprised if we dont give him one more chance to prove himself if hes fit enough if only to sell!

Think we should give him another chance IF he reduces his wages to next to nothing for the final year or reduces them to nothing at all!

However, will assume he will move on to another club who will pay him a reasonable wedge

[Rangers77]

By reading most of that ill be surprised if we dont give him one more chance to prove himself if hes fit enough if only to sell!

That's the point. He (rather his agent) tried that last year by placing a story in the Guardian about him digging irrigation ditches in Africa with his own hands/ taking care of Freddie the Leper....

[westsussexranger]

Have to admit I think this goes beyond football now. Whether it's a biased view of the owners or not it seems they're more worried about saving a buck than a person's wellbeing. There is a mention of Clarke Carlisle in there and like with him I feel that Ollie knows the lad needs an arm around him. Think it's best for Caulker to have a year still here with Ollie to get him mentally stable and anything else is a benefit to us

[Rangers77]

Same Guardian journalist......

[JOYCEY]

“The manager has texted me several times offering his support and saying he wants me at the club but my new representative has been informed by the owners I’m not welcome back."

[MattyRangers]

Hey, hey, hey hey HEY! Life sucks. Get a helmet.........

Mental health matters. But this fella is clearly swinging the lead.

BANG ON!

Bloke is a prized pr1ck, playing the mental health card.

[Hertford Hoop]

BANG ON!

Bloke is a prized pr1ck, playing the mental health card.

Should make a fortune in the porno industry

[davieqpr]

And as soon as Clarke Carlisle was fit enough he bu**ered off.

[Brian Wilson]

Very complex issue this stuff but I cant help being sceptical about this article.

[Cjskinz]

I was worried it was just me being skeptical about this.

If true, very brave to come out and say it all.

However, all feels like deja vu from last year. Also blaming having lots of money for his problems doesn't sit right with me.