Leaving aside the emotion and sentiment, and based purely in terms of their market value, yes I'd swap Rickie for Torres. We'd simply get more money if we were selling them and Torres is still worth more than Rickie. In terms of usefulness, form, reliability, in fact almost every other single playing factor, excluding longevity [age] I'd keep Rickie. In my opinion, at this point, Saints would still be getting out of the lower leagues if we hadn't signed Rickie Lambert. You could measure his value by that alone, if you want, and exclude his contribution this season, which has been excellent as well.
