Summer Transfer Rumour Thread.

And I suppose Lambert would put it in Row Z (or the equivalent top row of the Etihad).

 

Anything from a miskick to a poor back pass, Sharp will be on to it. He may not be the quickest but he's more likely to get on the end of things. Lambert's going to have Kompany all over him but they won't do the same to Sharp.

 

why

 

Because they will know about the danger of Lambert, look at all the posters from other teams saying "you're a one man team" etc which we're far from. Anyway, I think Sharp will be given more space and will be underestimated and could cause a surprise.

 

In fairness, that's idiot fans, not the coaching and scouting staff of the best team in the country

 

Sharp - 4
Puncheon - 2
Rodriguez - 1
Shaw - 1

Yes.

Sharp going nowhere.

 

Against the big teams Id prefer to see Lambert play the number 10 role. Target men are often less effective against the good defenders but better in supporting roles. Against City id like to see Lambert where Lallana has been playing and Sharp up top

 

I agree on Lambert playing 10. He's very good at bringing balls in and redistributing possession, I think him sat behind Rodriguez could be brilliant.

 

lambert would be our best hope for set pieces because that will be our only realistic way of scoring. I can't see them having any more difficulty in dealing with sharp then they would with lambert.

 

True, but managers will still try and stop our better players performing. I remember Sam Allardyce's obsession with Lambert last season and judging from our home game against West Ham, he was non existant through no fault of his own.

 

Who is going to start v Man City out of Sharp, Lambert, Rodriguez, I don't know. But they will all be important players for us, having all these top strikers is gonna be what keeps us up.

 

As well as Lee when he's back. The striker that's impressed me the most in pre-season is Rodriguez, but I think he's quite well suited to being on the wing due to his pace and workrate. Also, he's in the Lambert mould so can cover up top if needed and we didn't have that last season.

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see Lambert slightly deeper and Rodriguez running at them from wide. As you say, Kompany will be right on top of Lambert and we're more likely to get joy by letting Lambert pull Kompany away and get someone else in the space behind.

 

quick, skilful, but brainless.

 

That's what I mean, I think if he's too high up the pitch he'll have no freedom so would be best behind someone like Sharp/Rodriguez to spray the ball to because one has a poaching instict and one has pace, Lambert's game is based on other things.

 

I wouldn't be convinced by Lambert as an all-out number 10 though. He's been too long a striker and is likely to go looking for goals. Against a tough side like Man City, we want the number 10 knowing his place in the middle and staying there to make up the numbers. Keep Lambert as the centre forward, just leave the running to the wide men.

 

It's gone so quiet

According to someone on SaintsWeb, Cortese is away right now which might or might not have anything to do with it:

 

Cortese has no commitment

 

Someone on SaintsWeb who is believed to know bits and bobs at SFC says Cortese is away on holiday right now.

It's his annual 2 week holiday, as his kids are not at school etc.

But, Adkins, Reed and Mitchell are all still present and working on deals. I'd imagine if anything was to develop he'd know anyway.

 

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