'Tough' for Bulut to keep Cardiff job - Caulker

Former Cardiff City defender Steven Caulker believes it will beryllium "tough" for Erol Bulut to support his occupation arsenic head of nan Welsh club.

And Caulker, who is presently playing his shot successful Turkey, thinks Cardiff's adjacent 2 matches could determine nan early of their Turkish boss.

The Bluebirds are bottommost of nan Championship having collected conscionable 1 constituent - and scored only 1 extremity - from their 5 matches truthful far.

They big Leeds United connected Saturday earlier a travel to different broadside struggling successful nan Championship, Hull City.

After moving Cardiff distant from nan little reaches of nan section past season, Bulut - pursuing prolonged negotiations - signed a caller woody successful nan summer. However location is now sizeable speculation arsenic to whether he tin support his job.

“It’s going to beryllium a reliable ask, to beryllium honest," said Caulker who played for nan nine during their 1 play successful nan Premier League.

"I was rather optimistic astatine nan commencement of nan season. I consciousness that he offered Cardiff immoderate much-needed stableness past twelvemonth and felt that he sewage immoderate signings successful this summer.

"I deliberation everyone, including myself, had a spot of anticipation this twelvemonth that Cardiff were going to beryllium location aliases thereabouts and really they’ve started, it’s been nan complete opposite."

Bulut's original one-year woody arsenic Cardiff leader expired astatine nan extremity of past season, erstwhile nan nine vanished 12th successful nan Championship - though they mislaid six of their past 9 matches.

Having yet agreed a caller a two-year woody successful June, Bulut has seen his broadside strengthen nan club's worst commencement to a play successful 35 years, sparking plentifulness of disapproval from supporters.

"These things tin hap successful shot and we’ve seen it move information connected galore occasions," said Caulker.

"But pinch personification for illustration Vincent Tan successful complaint we cognize that clip is often constricted successful these circumstances.”

Since purchasing Cardiff successful 2010, Tan has employed 11 imperishable managers, pinch 5 of those departing betwixt September and early November.

Once-capped England defender Caulker thinks that is simply a worrying motion for Bulut, though he believes it would beryllium amended for nan nine to beryllium diligent successful nan existent storm.

"I deliberation that nan mostly of managers request much time," he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.

"I deliberation it’s very unsettling for a squad to alteration managers each fewer months.

"I deliberation that if you spot successful personification a fewer months ago, what changes since then?

"But I person to perceive [the fans]. The shot hasn’t been excessively enjoyable to watch and I deliberation erstwhile you’re not getting results and you’re not playing bully football, I deliberation that’s erstwhile there’s awesome origin for concern.

"Vincent Tan, we cognize he likes to respond to things and is not awkward of making a change, truthful we cognize that he will beryllium surely pursuing nan business very intimately and I deliberation this play will beryllium a large game.

"If they neglect to get nan consequence and past starring into Hull City, who are besides struggling, distant adjacent week, I deliberation wrong nan adjacent 2 games we’ll know.

"He’ll either get nan consequence and it will beryllium Erol until nan extremity of nan play aliases unluckily things whitethorn move a small sour for him.”

Former Spurs defender Caulker, presently playing pinch Ankara nine Keciorengucu, played nether Bulut for Turkish sides Alanyaspor and Gaziantep.

And nan 31-year-old erstwhile Bluebirds skipper believes that contempt nan pressure, his aged leader has some nan expertise and nan squad to toggle shape Cardiff's season.

“I judge he does and he besides has nan experience, he’s managed large clubs," he added.

"He’s been astatine Fenerbahce which is simply a immense nine pinch immense expectations, immense pressure, truthful he’s handled that.

"He did good successful his clip location and he does person that acquisition to move things astir and I judge he does person nan squad to do it, but astatine nan infinitesimal they’re falling short successful some boxes.

"I deliberation fans want to spot astatine nan very slightest their squad attacking and playing entertaining shot and astatine nan infinitesimal it conscionable seems to beryllium nan squad are a small spot short connected assurance and thing is going to person to change.

"He’s personification I cognize personally and I dream that he’s capable to get a consequence this play and things turn."