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I think Rickie has a future for England, but it may be restricted to the odd sub appearance from now on. If he keeps his Saints form up, he'll stay in contention IMO. He's no worse than Peter Crouch (another player that made his career for England on scoring against weaker opponents) and Crouch went on to get 42 caps, scoring 22 goals. (acc. to Wikipedia, and I accept Crouch had time on his side...) Terrible match though. England as a whole were woeful.

My apologies. I'll add Wart to that...

Man Utd can have him for £10 million and RVP in part exchange. :-D

Lambert again involved...

Come on England!!! RICKIE LAMBERT'S A GOALSCORING MACHINE!!! w00t for England! Do we use sexy nuns?

Walcott, Wilshere, Walker - all the W's are the Worst players on the pitch so far...

Spoke too soon. I think that's the first pass he's had that's missed its man since he's worn and England shirt. (Rose tinted specs on...)

He's looking good. Neat touches, hassling their players too and being the all round lone striker. Looks knackered already though!

I like perfectly valid pints. :-D As for the quote that's a bit harsh on the coaches and scouts of the lower league clubs that knew about his talent years ago, as Saints did when we signed him, unless I'm reading that quote wrongly. Aside from that, I agree, it is a good article. I'm very excited for the Ukraine game, imagine how we'd be feeling, imagine how Rickie would be feeling, had he got picked for a World Cup untested and all this fairytale was happening at the tournament! Unlikely but it makes you think. If England go to the World Cup, and Rickie goes with them, I'll be supporting England like never before.

The future's bright for England with the U21's, so I'll give them a w00t. Or as Gazza would say: "Hawaii the lads!"

I don't have anything more to add to this thread, but the missus might. Alaska...

Dubai Phillip - ines-titution of SaintsWeb.

Rotter! Damn, beaten by seconds. (That's it, I'm off.)

The jokes really are Sicily. Really, really Scilly. (Yeah I ran out of countries...)

They don't count. (OK change that question to the UK then...)

Jamaica these terrible jokes all the time?

I take it this will be Rickie's first ever professional game in a country other than England? (Excluding friendlies of course...)

Kenya please stop making jokes now...

This isn't the first time this bloke has appeared in The Muppet Show... ...and weirdly, that isn't even the most disturbing picture on that link. Those honours go to 1,7,30 and most disturbingly (IMO)

These jokes are giving my earS pain. Iran-a leave this thread and never read it again. Off-joke, I hope JWP and Luke getting game time buoys them up against the Hammers this weekend. Rickie, too, should be flying. Looking forward to it.

Not a horror tackle per se, but the sight of the aptly named David Busst getting his leg severed always makes me want to vom.

Already done more in his England career that MLT, arguably Southampton's greatest ever footballer. On a side note (which I'll whisper), I think Lambert will probably, eventually, have a poor game in an England shirt. If this happens, I just hope he isn't overlooked for the rest of his career, instead of, say Rooney having a poor game and getting picked again the next time.

The ":mcinnes:" was for the fact it was Milner, not the fact Rickie got subbed BTW. (I don't dislike Milner, it just either shows how bare bones England is up front or Woy is a bottler who is defending a 4-0 lead in case we blow it.)

Subbed for Milner?!?

Lambert about to be subbed, important for Tuesday's game apparently... MOTM?