dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (and yeah - the lump was a little bit harsh, but I don't think we should pretend he's the second coming of George Weah either!) Nobody is doing that OBE. For me though he would go straight into the side over Benteke, he is in utterly dreadful form right now and it is really damaging to us having him as a focal point. We're bad enough without the ball bouncing straight off him and straight to the opposition ever time we do hit him with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 James Nursey @JamesNursey · 2m 2 minutes ago #AVFC definitely having a serious crack to get Rickie Lambert. A few glimmers they could get him but has to still be long shot Confirmation it is a legit link then. Come on Villa... based on what? nursey has shown again today that he knows slightly more than the rest of us but still pretty much **** all, declared twice today that no more deals would happen, now flirting round this rather than putting his cock on the block, he's the same as the rest of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Ben Smith @BenSmithBBC 3m3 minutes ago I'm told Rickie Lambert has decided to remain at #LFC. Difficult decision for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Deal off again apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpants Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Tony Barrett says it's off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Tony Barrett @TonyBarretTimes 1m1 minute ago Rickie Lambert won't be joining Aston Villa. He's told Liverpool he wants to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj_iow Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Like I said in my previous post i'm all for this and think it would be a superb signing but gut felling is unfortunately it won't happen due to family and ties to LFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) Lambert? Slightly better version of Holt at best. Edited February 2, 2015 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) dvi retweeted Tony Barrett @TonyBarretTimes 1 min1 minute ago Rickie Lambert won't be joining Aston Villa. He's told Liverpool he wants to stay. 0 replies .59 retweets24 favourites Reply Retweet59 Favourite24 More dvi retweeted James Pearce @JamesPearceEcho 2 mins2 minutes ago Rickie Lambert will definitely be staying at #LFC tonight. No move to Villa. 0 replies .70 retweets26 favourites Reply Retweet70 Favourite26 More Brendan McLoughlin @bren_mcloughlin 1 min1 minute ago Wait for it. Rickie Lambert has advanced from 'unlikely' to 'maybe' #avfc #lfc All tweeted at the same time Edited February 2, 2015 by Cliffy Biro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Now we can use that money to get rid of a Lambert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Ben Smith @BenSmithBBC 3m3 minutes ago I'm told Rickie Lambert has decided to remain at #LFC. Difficult decision for him Not playing at Liverpool is better than playing at Villa. Seems about right. He won't fix our problems though so it would be a waste IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradarmstrong_ Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Letdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted February 2, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 2, 2015 Just read the "lump" comments, and for my money that's as lazy as the Holt comparisons. Lambert has very good feet, is strong, good in the air BUT he can also drop off and play someone in. He has good vision and can create a bit. He could be a very good foil for Benteke IMO. Especially now we have Gil and Sinclair. How would you work that though, Gil can't play as a winger, he'd need to play in behind them - we could put him out on the right but we'd have no width then, in a midfield four with Sanchez and Delph, Sinclair would end up needing to do a lot of defensive work and that's what he's not so good at. I think it has to be either or with a midfield five if we're to get the best out of both Gil and Sinclair (or Weimann or Agbonlahor for that matter). - or you could maybe put Delph out left, Gil at the point of a diamond and Sanchez deep, with either Bacuna or N'Zogbia down the right - with Sinclair dropped. I think that Lambert and Benteke could play up front in a 4-4-2 - but it'd need to be in a squad which has natural wide midfielders - we don't have that. (and yeah - the lump was a little bit harsh, but I don't think we should pretend he's the second coming of George Weah either!) I see your point eah, it would be a good prblem to have though One option is to go 4-3-1-2, with Sinclair on the bench and Gil behind them two. Midfield of Sanchez, Delph and Westwood. It's narrow, so P Lambet might play it Alternatively you go with 3-5-2, One holding from Sanchez, Delph and Westwood, Gil and Sinclair in front of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Lambert had success at Norwich playing Holt and Morrison together. If we signed Rickie Lambert to play alongside Benteke it could work. I think a logician would call that a false analogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 He's two and a bit months younger than Joe Cole. I reckon he's got two season left in him, this one and one more. So that's about 18 months. For which we'll pay maybe £8-9m including the fee. That's half a million a month - or £120k a week. I'd take him on a free, but financially this is an appalling signing. Entirely true. However we paid £24m for Bent and he paid for himself by keeping us up. If we stay up £8m is a no brainer. In my opinion Bent is the worst signing in the clubs history. I don't want us to repeat that at any level. It is easy to say Bent kept us up but if we'd paid £8m for a player like Benteke (as in a young player proven in a smaller foreign league) we would have likely stayed up and not given Bent near £10m for sitting on the bench. It was really awful business looking back. However... I think Lambert would be on less wages, hopefully a short contract and no where near the fee. I don't think it would be too bad and I think a reason it hasn't happened sooner is we're making sure it is a financially sound transfer. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 2, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 2, 2015 .....and now it's too late to use all that money to do something useful. I'm not happy that we haven't signed him either - just the idea of signing him has ruined our transfer window. Ruined I tell ya! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpants Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Well done Rickie. Stay at your childhood sweetheart club where you don't get a sniff. Now that another striker has come back from injury I'm sure you'll have loads of opportunities. He wont start a single game for the rest of the year and end up in the championship next year. I appreciate he'd probably do that with us too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) Edited February 2, 2015 by Villan4Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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