110_Persaint Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4826510/Andy-Carroll-will-not-get-permanent-West-Ham-switch.html Can we get a poll please mods? As controversial as it sounds I'd take £6m as that is quite a neat sum and could go towards strengthening more important areas. Cheers for the poll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudamore Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Can get half a Ramirez for that sort of cash. Bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Nay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 £6m would buy you half a Ramirez or 1.5 Delaps. So no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Can get half a Ramirez for that sort of cash. Bargain. Damn. You beat me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingwing Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Nay (same figure from the last 3 of these as well) Yeah its good money for a 31 year old with a year and a bit on his contract but I have no idea who would even be close to replacing him, look at West Ham's on situation trying to get Carroll in despite being a. worse, b. on a lot more money and c. much more expensive.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 It's a good price for Lambert but I think we need him more than we need the money. If we needed the £6m to buy a suitable replacement 10 years younger then it would make more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Would you trust our transfer committe with £6m....I wouldn't trust them to cross the road on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4826510/Andy-Carroll-will-not-get-permanent-West-Ham-switch.html Can we get a poll please mods? As controversial as it sounds I'd take £6m as that is quite a neat sum and could go towards strengthening more important areas. Cheers for the poll! im not sure any true saint would vote for selling Sir Rickie at this time for £6million on the pretense of strengthening more important areas. Are you telling me that the £6million would be enough to replace Sir Rickie and strengthen these other more mportant areas? Stroll on mate or shoud I say Troll on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Good point, we'd only waste it on a Kenyan and a Norwegian international bench warmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainchris Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 No spells No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 6 mill is alot for a 31 year old but I think he is to important to the team to sell, I certainly wouldn't want him to go! On the other hand if we found another 7 mill Benteke I wouldn't put it past Cortese selling.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Tel49 Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 I love the way people on here always seem to want to sell our best players for a pittance. As I've said before, I am glad that no-one on here handles our transfer negotiations. Lambert is worth more to us than 6m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 It's not an awful price, but to get someone as good/better is most likely going to cost about twice as much? Assuming we are still in the Prem, and are still financially secure, I see no reason to strengthen a rival Prem side whilst weakening ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 I love the way people on here always seem to want to sell our best players for a pittance. As I've said before, I am glad that no-one on here handles our transfer negotiations. Lambert is worth more to us than 6m. Not as simple as that, that 6 mill could go a long way. For example if we ready had 10 and that 6 mill put us in the market for a young striker in the lukaku mould (playing devils advocate here) then you'd have to say it wouldn't be bad business, or is that just me? Don't get me wrong I don't want us to sell lambert at all but it wouldn't necessarily be a disaster move if adequate replacement was lined up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 I don't want to see Rickie wearing another team's colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 It's not an awful price, but to get someone as good/better is most likely going to cost about twice as much? Assuming we are still in the Prem, and are still financially secure, I see no reason to strengthen a rival Prem side whilst weakening ourselves. We have to look for a top class replacement to Lambert soon enough anyway, he won't play on forever. For what it's worth I'd keep him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_southy Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Rickie is the way we play and who we are over the last few years. £6m is pittance for our team's inspiration, confidence and leadership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 We have to look for a top class replacement to Lambert soon enough anyway, he won't play on forever. For what it's worth I'd keep him. This is true, but I guess what I was trying to say is; £6m probably won't get close to the cost of replacing him - and as I'm aware Saints aren't exactly skint. So I would rather we held on to him, rather than strengthen our opponents. Personally, I still think JRod will end up being a very good Premiership Striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 If we go down he will go and good luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingwing Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Not as simple as that, that 6 mill could go a long way. For example if we ready had 10 and that 6 mill put us in the market for a young striker in the lukaku mould (playing devils advocate here) then you'd have to say it wouldn't be bad business, or is that just me? Don't get me wrong I don't want us to sell lambert at all but it wouldn't necessarily be a disaster move if adequate replacement was lined up. Ah now there's a sensible name for the conundrum! Sad to say it but I would sell Lambert if Lukaku was his replacement, big fee (he was £14m to Chelsea I think) but on a more sensible wage packet than Carroll and a lot better than Benteke... Then again I don't want to see Lambert leave, especially for West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangy Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Rickie is priceless,he has proved himself at this level and to replace him with a proven prem striker would cost a lot more than £6 mill However.. I wonder how we would play without Rickie as the dimension of the attack would change, J-rod would play off the last man and you may get more out of Gaston as he would look to play through balls to a quicker forward. I firmly believe you will not get the best from Ramirez when played with Lambert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanh Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Based purely selling him to add £6M to what is likely to be an already large transfer budget then the answer has to be no. He is too valuable to the way we play (at least at the moment) to sell for £6M. Related to the story, wasn't the agreement with Carrol and West Ham that they had a firm deal to buy him for £17M with no get out clause provided they stayed up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 A lot of people saying it will cost more than £6m to replace Lambert. Sooner or later we will have to replace Lambert and it is going to cost more than £6m. If we sell him now we might get around £6m from the right bidder. In a year he will be 32 and probably worth half that. In 3 years he will be 34 and I doubt anyone will be willing to pay a transfer fee for him. A replacement in his early 20s will probably cost £10-15m, whether it's now, next year or in 3 years. As I said I'd keep him because I doubt we need the money. However if that money was the difference between getting in someone like Lukaku and not, I would be more tempted to sell. Lambert may be key to how we play at the moment but there are also 15 other teams doing better than us without him. He is good and will be remembered as a legend but he is not irreplaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Shouldn't that headline have said Andy's Crap rather than Andy scrap? Don't they proof read things any more before they publish articles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Based purely selling him to add £6M to what is likely to be an already large transfer budget then the answer has to be no. He is too valuable to the way we play (at least at the moment) to sell for £6M. Related to the story, wasn't the agreement with Carrol and West Ham that they had a firm deal to buy him for £17M with no get out clause provided they stayed up? I thought they had an option to buy, but it wasn't set in stone. I thought this is part of the reason he turned down the initial deal, as really he wanted to go back to Newcastle if it was going to be permanent? Could be way off, just my understanding of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Why would it cost more than £6m to replace him as we only bought him for £1m? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Why would it cost more than £6m to replace him as we only bought him for £1m? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Rickie is priceless,he has proved himself at this level and to replace him with a proven prem striker would cost a lot more than £6 millHowever.. I wonder how we would play without Rickie as the dimension of the attack would change, J-rod would play off the last man and you may get more out of Gaston as he would look to play through balls to a quicker forward. I firmly believe you will not get the best from Ramirez when played with Lambert he's not priceless then is he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 He's worth a lot more to us than 6m despite it being a decent amount. He's cost much more than that to replace. So no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Wasn't Fletcher priced at £12m minimum? I know he's a bit younger but that's what goal machines cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrZuess1979 the 2nd Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 6m when the hammers had valued andy (donkey)Carroll at 17m No way 10m would get me thinking but he's to vital to the team Anyway I like the fact every time we get a penalty, I know he's going to score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 heart response ------NO ! head response .....IF.we get relegated, and if Wham don't - and are struggling next season..... they'll get serious about him.. then maybe...think about it In that situation ; I'd do something that Cortese wouldn't ....namely, say ..Rickie, we love you... but this may be your last chance. ....Do you want to continue with SFC in the Championship. or get your last big pay day and carry on playing Prem. football for another season ? ..( I think we owe him that much ). but as I said that won't happen..we will stay up, and Wham will continue to struggle and spend countless millions on " another Andy Carroll " who will be equally useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 That suggestion is in The Sun!!!!!! Don't waste any more time on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 he's not priceless then is he. you know what they say, Turkish....." every player has his price...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangy Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 he's not priceless then is he. For the amount of goals he has scored and the journey he has had with us,backed with the fact he is our top scorer and never misses a penalty, adored by the fans,admired by OTHER teams fans,the man will go down as a Saints legend ( if he is not already ) For me that is priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Persaint are you the new alpine or a troll or more than likely one of the blue few ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 £6M is a decent price for a player that has a couple of years top level service left in him. It depends on how we spent it really. I'll get some stick for saying this but I'd have Andy Carroll, give him the right service and he'd score quite a lot. A much better player than his detractors would have you believe and I think he'd fit with JRod and our midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Persaint are you the new alpine or a troll or more than likely one of the blue few ? My money's on option 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 It's a good price. Ricky is worth 6M to some other teams, but he is worth more than that to us.....So, NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Ricky is priceless to us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 For the amount of goals he has scored and the journey he has had with us,backed with the fact he is our top scorer and never misses a penalty, adored by the fans,admired by OTHER teams fans,the man will go down as a Saints legend ( if he is not already ) For me that is priceless That's the misty eyed fans view of it and i dont diagree with your sentiments, but if we got offered £6m for him i would put money on Cortese accepting it. There are strong rumours we were prepared to sell in the summer for the right price, i bet that price wasn't as high as £6m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 £6M doesn't even buy a Jay Rodriguez. So, hell no. Hopefully Cortese has learnt this since last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 £6M doesn't even buy a Jay Rodriguez. So, hell no. Hopefully Cortese has learnt this since last summer. It can buy you 3 whole Michu's though or 4 Danny Fox's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 It can buy you 3 whole Michu's though or 4 Danny Fox's Or more importantly a forward 3 of Emmanuel Mayuka, Jonno Quick and Tandoori Lee. What an explosive and potent attacking threat that would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 Or more importantly a forward 3 of Emmanuel Mayuka, Jonno Quick and Tandoori Lee. What an explosive and potent attacking threat that would be. pace, strength and work rate, that front 3 has it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 pace, strength and work rate, that front 3 has it all. Think how many shots they could have as well. Mouth watering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggles31 Posted 6 March, 2013 Share Posted 6 March, 2013 He won't go and if he did he it wouldn't be to them. Only relegation would allow him to leave otherwise no chance in hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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