Lambert attracting attention from Premier League rivals (From Daily Echo)

saint t.boy wrote:
Complete trip, do u really think that he would go to villa of all places? They are fire. Also he is settled down here, he's the fans hero and most important of all he's irreplaceable.

To the first poster I heard that Markus left us a trust fund when he died but I've no idea how much.

mattserg wrote:
If so about time we spend some of it on some proven premiership players rather than constant unknowns. The defence in particular needs a no nonsense defender who knows the tricks on the strikers... Jos and Fonte are good but they dont have the experience. Sort it out Nigel/Nicola!

mbetts wrote:
Twitter rumour that Billy Sharpe is off to Blackburn on loan, with a posible perm in Jan? Didn't look overly happy last night and maybe a move will be good for him? Shame though coz I think he's a natural predator

ere-we-go wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised if he was sold at all.

The million dollar question is whether he is good enough for this division?

If you take the sentiment out of this, I think its fair to say that there are better players out there who will suit our needs.

As good as he his, his mobility will let him down in the top flight.

Take Wigan as an example, he was restricted to one shot from 30 yards. We need pace up front if we want to survive.

Im puzzled by the comments why would he go to Villa etc.......

If a club wants to sell a player, they dont really have a choice!

ottostrasser wrote:
Dont pay any attention to this,its just another Echo "story" which the paper has lifted from a football gossip site.This "story" first raised its head 4 days ago !

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

ere-we-go wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if he was sold at all. The million dollar question is whether he is good enough for this division? If you take the sentiment out of this, I think its fair to say that there are better players out there who will suit our needs. As good as he his, his mobility will let him down in the top flight. Take Wigan as an example, he was restricted to one shot from 30 yards. We need pace up front if we want to survive. Im puzzled by the comments why would he go to Villa etc....... If a club wants to sell a player, they dont really have a choice!

If he's not good enough for the top flight then he wont go to Villa will he!

SaintPC wrote:

mbetts wrote:
Twitter rumour that Billy Sharpe is off to Blackburn on loan, with a posible perm in Jan? Didn't look overly happy last night and maybe a move will be good for him? Shame though coz I think he's a natural predator

This wouldn't surprise me at all, you have to look at the type of forwards we have and I think out of all of them, Billy would struggle in the prem the most.

It is a shame as I think he is a great Championship player, but he is neither quick enough to get in behind, or big enough to be a target man.

He is a great poacher, but I don't think that's our style. He might suit other clubs better.

If he does go, I wish him all the best

randre wrote:

mattserg wrote:
If so about time we spend some of it on some proven premiership players rather than constant unknowns. The defence in particular needs a no nonsense defender who knows the tricks on the strikers... Jos and Fonte are good but they dont have the experience. Sort it out Nigel/Nicola!

Who is unknown? All the signings we have made have a great reputation in their respective leagues or National teams. I don't know all the players who ply their trade in Europe, but I am aware of the reputations of all the players we have signed, who have been good signings. Proven Premiership is not always the route to take, proven quality however is, and we have signed 5 players so far who are quality.

I do agree that we need a strong defender, Jos is looking good in this league but Fonte to me looks out of his depth and had a really poor game against Wigan.

But to say we have signed constant unknowns is a ludicrous statement, they are unknown only to those who are aware of nothing outside of the Premiership. If you have never heard or seen anything on the 5 players we have so far signed then your awareness of football is very limited.

The reason clubs need a scouting network is to find talent around the world. So I am happy to let the experts do their job as they know far more than me. Also there are a load of experienced Premier League players that move from club to club and achieve very little and are not particularly premiership class players. I don't want to go down the route of signing people just because they have experience. We did that with Mark Hughes, Kanchelskis, Ripley etc... Need I say more.

ere-we-go wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised if he was sold at all.

The million dollar question is whether he is good enough for this division?

If you take the sentiment out of this, I think its fair to say that there are better players out there who will suit our needs.

As good as he his, his mobility will let him down in the top flight.

Take Wigan as an example, he was restricted to one shot from 30 yards. We need pace up front if we want to survive.

Im puzzled by the comments why would he go to Villa etc.......

If a club wants to sell a player, they dont really have a choice!

hedge end bob wrote:
Just come up on sky , THEO WALCOT can leave Arseholes for £12,000,000. refuse new contract.

mbetts wrote:
Twitter rumour that Billy Sharpe is off to Blackburn on loan, with a posible perm in Jan? Didn't look overly happy last night and maybe a move will be good for him? Shame though coz I think he's a natural predator

Sainty saint saint wrote:

randre wrote:

mattserg wrote:
If so about time we spend some of it on some proven premiership players rather than constant unknowns. The defence in particular needs a no nonsense defender who knows the tricks on the strikers... Jos and Fonte are good but they dont have the experience. Sort it out Nigel/Nicola!

Who is unknown? All the signings we have made have a great reputation in their respective leagues or National teams. I don't know all the players who ply their trade in Europe, but I am aware of the reputations of all the players we have signed, who have been good signings. Proven Premiership is not always the route to take, proven quality however is, and we have signed 5 players so far who are quality.

I do agree that we need a strong defender, Jos is looking good in this league but Fonte to me looks out of his depth and had a really poor game against Wigan.

But to say we have signed constant unknowns is a ludicrous statement, they are unknown only to those who are aware of nothing outside of the Premiership. If you have never heard or seen anything on the 5 players we have so far signed then your awareness of football is very limited.

The reason clubs need a scouting network is to find talent around the world. So I am happy to let the experts do their job as they know far more than me. Also there are a load of experienced Premier League players that move from club to club and achieve very little and are not particularly premiership class players. I don't want to go down the route of signing people just because they have experience. We did that with Mark Hughes, Kanchelskis, Ripley etc... Need I say more.

Spot on. Newcastle are a good example of the power of a great scouting network. None of the following had Premier League experience before they went to Newcastle did they? Tiote, Ben Arfa, Papa Cisse, Cabaye. And I'd have all of them for Saints if I could!

And Newcastle finished pretty high up the table last season!

paulmsh wrote:
Hate to say it but the squad is looking so unbalanced at the moment, that something has got to give. Unless Rickie fancies playing in defence, then by signing new forwards NA has effectively pushed him out the door.
Who'd have thought it would be easier to find strikers than a decent LB & CB!

long memory wrote:

paulmsh wrote:
Hate to say it but the squad is looking so unbalanced at the moment, that something has got to give. Unless Rickie fancies playing in defence, then by signing new forwards NA has effectively pushed him out the door.
Who'd have thought it would be easier to find strikers than a decent LB & CB!

Everyone is well aware,(including NC and NA) that we need the defence strengthening,show some patience and form your opinion,come Friday night,Nc and NA will not disappoint.

randre wrote:

Sainty saint saint wrote:

randre wrote:

mattserg wrote:
If so about time we spend some of it on some proven premiership players rather than constant unknowns. The defence in particular needs a no nonsense defender who knows the tricks on the strikers... Jos and Fonte are good but they dont have the experience. Sort it out Nigel/Nicola!

Who is unknown? All the signings we have made have a great reputation in their respective leagues or National teams. I don't know all the players who ply their trade in Europe, but I am aware of the reputations of all the players we have signed, who have been good signings. Proven Premiership is not always the route to take, proven quality however is, and we have signed 5 players so far who are quality.

I do agree that we need a strong defender, Jos is looking good in this league but Fonte to me looks out of his depth and had a really poor game against Wigan.

But to say we have signed constant unknowns is a ludicrous statement, they are unknown only to those who are aware of nothing outside of the Premiership. If you have never heard or seen anything on the 5 players we have so far signed then your awareness of football is very limited.

The reason clubs need a scouting network is to find talent around the world. So I am happy to let the experts do their job as they know far more than me. Also there are a load of experienced Premier League players that move from club to club and achieve very little and are not particularly premiership class players. I don't want to go down the route of signing people just because they have experience. We did that with Mark Hughes, Kanchelskis, Ripley etc... Need I say more.

Spot on. Newcastle are a good example of the power of a great scouting network. None of the following had Premier League experience before they went to Newcastle did they? Tiote, Ben Arfa, Papa Cisse, Cabaye. And I'd have all of them for Saints if I could!

And Newcastle finished pretty high up the table last season!

Great example Sainty saint saint.

Dino-Saw-Us wrote:
anyone else think that 23.15 was an odd time to announce the transfer last night?

2 more on the bus by friday :)

Dino-Saw-Us wrote:
With a 25 man squad its highly unlikely we are going to have 6 strikers.
Wouldnt be surprised to see De Ridder, Hammond, and a striker go out on loan

Dino-Saw-Us wrote:
I heard this morning that written in Marcus's will was £40m for Saints to spend in their first season in the premiership?

Any truth in this?

Strasbourg Saint wrote:
I think there's a lot of truth in this ....... .................... ..... ........... "Lambert attracting attention from Premier League rivals." ............ Yep, I'm sure he is. Now, that's the end of that. Any news about transfers in or out?

Ashley Charles Pragnell wrote:
Clearly last nights signing was done behind closed doors. However we have potentially signed the hottest property in African football. Three more to follow. Olsen from Blackburn could be on his way.

dennytg wrote:
For all those criticising Rickie's lack of pace, have very short memories.
One of the best forwards I ever saw was Teddy Sheringham. He had brilliant link-up play and could score goals. It's a matter of getting your brain in gear to be at the right place at the right time. Keep Sir Rickie I say.

jonny-shuttle wrote:
lambert has played 1.5 games and scored 1 goal so far. Assuming he maintains that 0.66 goals per game % he'll score 25 goals in the premier league for southampton.

I'd rather purchase a pompey season ticket than sanction the sale of lambert to another team.

mbetts wrote:
Twitter rumour that Billy Sharpe is off to Blackburn on loan, with a posible perm in Jan? Didn't look overly happy last night and maybe a move will be good for him? Shame though coz I think he's a natural predator

AdrianSmith wrote:

ottostrasser wrote: Dont pay any attention to this,its just another Echo "story" which the paper has lifted from a football gossip site.This "story" first raised its head 4 days ago !

It also clearly says in the story where it came from (the national press) and makes it clear that the move is unlikely. Besides, gour days ago was Blackburn, the Villa thing only broke in today's papers. What would you rather, the Echo just stop reporting all things about Saints? Perhaps you should be a little less sensitive - or don't read things you don't like. The rest of us are grown-up enough to deal with these things.

JohnItaly wrote:

Dino-Saw-Us wrote:
anyone else think that 23.15 was an odd time to announce the transfer last night?

2 more on the bus by friday :)

Probably to ensure the Echo did't get the story first!!

jonny-shuttle wrote:
lambert has played 1.5 games and scored 1 goal so far. Assuming he maintains that 0.66 goals per game % he'll score 25 goals in the premier league for southampton.

I'd rather purchase a pompey season ticket than sanction the sale of lambert to another team.

bluewhiteandred wrote:
Some of you saints proudly claim you have millions to buy players so why sell lambert ? to finance the signings or will they have to sell lambert to get Ramirez . Your a selling club no ambition.
when you start winning premier games i will come off here but it cheers me up as you dont look like winning and with pompeys misfortune its a good distraction knowing your losing each week i must have a drink but wont drive !
play up pompey

jonny-shuttle wrote:
lambert has played 1.5 games and scored 1 goal so far. Assuming he maintains that 0.66 goals per game % he'll score 25 goals in the premier league for southampton.

I'd rather purchase a pompey season ticket than sanction the sale of lambert to another team.

bluewhiteandred wrote:

jonny-shuttle wrote:
lambert has played 1.5 games and scored 1 goal so far. Assuming he maintains that 0.66 goals per game % he'll score 25 goals in the premier league for southampton.

I'd rather purchase a pompey season ticket than sanction the sale of lambert to another team.

hi jonny-shuttle
Are you a man of your word , theirs a seat next to westwood with his bell and drums Dont have a saints shirt on at match !

saints4eva12 wrote:
rite answer me this if you can Why is it when we were in league 1 then the championshp did managers take notice of rikie then ? Any ideas