29 Jun 2013 21:30:24
Nigel Adkins and Reading's DoF seen with Ricky Lambert this evening. It doesn't sound very positive. Neutrals posted a photo on personter. Unforgivable from Nigel if they take him. Otherwise I was wishing him well when he took the Reading job!

1.) 29 Jun 2013
. money rules. it's a business remember!1

2.) 29 Jun 2013
Can you post a link?

3.) 29 Jun 2013
I doubt Lambert will be moving down a league to join up with Reading. If he does though it'll be for one hell of a fee and we'll already have a top notch replacement lined up.

4.) 29 Jun 2013
Rickie was pictured in our new home kit. You're persons if you believe he's going to Reading.

5.) 29 Jun 2013
He's waited all his football life to get to play in premier and to play his beloved liverpool at anfield. he's prob got 1 good season left in him so. he's going to join reading

6.) 30 Jun 2013
The modern day "Teddy Sherringham"?

7.) 30 Jun 2013
Might have been a social meeting. The third person is there to provide confirmation that there was no tapping up going on. Sir Ricky is not for sale. Unkess we have got a 20 million quid brazil goal scoring machine lined up to replace him.

8.) 30 Jun 2013
Saints won't sell him unless for a big fee. He still has a lot of marketability and as a previous poster said he loves the club and is living the dream.

I can see him joining reading and playing for NA again but is say he has another 2 years with us. My money is on him being a coach with us when he's done.

9.) 30 Jun 2013
Rickie won't leave he loves the club and the premier league and he hopes to play for england if he joins reading that dream dies for him, with saints there still a chance.

10.) 30 Jun 2013
Being pictured in our new kit means nothing, Van Persie was modelling the arsenal kit last year.

11.) 30 Jun 2013
Made me laugh this good 1

12.) 30 Jun 2013
Rickie going no where, he won't leave Southampton for anyone except Liverpool. And I doubt he will play under Nigel again considering Rickie thought he was incompetent and complained to NC with a number of other players not long before he was sacked

13.) 30 Jun 2013
1. Rickie is very happy and will not want to leave unless his 1st team action is under threat - which it isn't.

2. Even at his age, Cortese would command a fee which would be far too much for the likes of Reading to pay.

3. Rickie would not go back to the Championship and there are a lot of Premiership clubs that would have him even if we were to sell.

4. Pathetic attempt at a wind up.

14.) 30 Jun 2013
They were having dinner together, maybe it is because I dunno, because they are friends? that's what friends do. And Nigel is a very nice chap so not surprised Rickie is still friends with him. JEEZE

15.) 30 Jun 2013
Haha Rickie certainly is living the dream and Nige is living in a dreamworld! Got a lot of respect for Nige as too rickie has, they prob went out for a couple beers talk about liverpool and so forth but Sir Rick of lambert is going nowhere!

ScummyAncelotti.

16.) 30 Jun 2013
Re-iterating what was said above, Rickie was one of the players complaining about Adkins' regime when he was sacked. He wouldn't go to work under him again. He loves our club and has said multiple times he wants to retire here. Liverpool would be the only club who he'd maybe leave for.

17.) 30 Jun 2013
Can't two friends go for a drink together?

18.) 30 Jun 2013
Dont forget they worked together nearly everyday for nearly 3 years so they will be close friends and rickie has said he wants to end his playing days with us

19.) 30 Jun 2013
No one was complaining about the regime and players were shocked when Adkins was sacked, I know one of the players. Some people on here talk a load c**p

20.) 30 Jun 2013
Is this the same Nigel Adkins who tried dropping Rickie at the start of last season?

OTOH, the rumours going about us preparing to bid for Damiao and Pochettino saying Roma contacted the club stating that Osvaldo was for sale suggests we are looking at spending big on a CF. If something like that DOES happen, Rickie may well find a decrease in playing time.

21.) 30 Jun 2013
Lol u say people talk crap yet u claim to know a player lmao

22.) 30 Jun 2013
This could potentially be the last year he will be able to retain a first team spot in an EPL side. So why would he drop down a league? So it's extremely unlikely to happen. Actually this is absolutely ridiculous.