...a big shirt number at this club. Rickie is clearly great, and Le Tissier made it his own. Was just thinking, how far back can we go with the wearers of the #7 ? I'll start: 2009-current - Rickie Lambert Also who are your Top 3 #7's of all-time?
Terry Paine. Won a World Cup winner's medal and played for Saints 713 times between 1957 and 1974, including 7 seasons as an ever-present (still a club record). Him, Le Tiss, and one day Rickie Lambert as the top 3?
Just a little shout out for Paul Gilchrist - #7 on the best day in the club's history. Top 3 are... Le Tiss Keegan Rickie...although I think he will overtake Kev in a couple of years.
Rickie is a great number 7. Ranking them is slightly insidious, but Paine, Le Tiss (despite his being a prat) and Keegan are the obvious choices. But right now, I'd rate Rickie's contribution as high as any of these.
Not going to start a new thread for this, but did anyone notice how hard Rickie hit that penalty against Watford, on Saturday. If he had hit the keeper there might a been a case for GBH. He put his entire weight into it. I would have loved to know how fast that ball was travelling. Over 80mph..? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/8654786.stm
Didn't Late Kick Off do a penalty power test? Lambert was top or 2nd top, definitely over 70, possibly over 80 too.
If you had clicked on the very link that was included in the quote you selected, you would have seen it. Note the similarity between -Dan's link and mine.
