Pleased with that to be honest, under the circumstances.
- Caulker is 1,91m and a beast at set-pieces - certainly something useful to have in the squad when we play against Andy Carroll and Gestede types. Set-pieces is a huge weakness so this is actually quite a pragmatic short-term solution.
- Very experienced with the PL, which is ideal for a short loan deal as there's little settling in period (as there would have been for Ranocchia, Subotic, etc). He can come in and contribute right away.
- He doesn't have any injury problems (especially compared to Subotic).
- Remember - its only until June, so it's hardly an issue if he fails spectacularly.
The club must have at least tried to get Matip, Subotic, and other better CB's first but there aren't many available this window apparently. Caulker is quite sensible as a 5th choice.
The only reservation I have is that it probably limits any chance for our young lads, i.e. Ilori, Cleary, Williams, etc, but to be fair to the club Cleary and Williams are both injured too, and Ilori may still be needed regardless of Caulker joining. It would appear that Ilori is up against it to stick around though.
Lastly, Klopp improved Lovren, who's to say he doesn't do the same with Caulker?
