Rickie Lambert signs a 3 year deal

I've just copied this from not606, this was my comment there...

Lambert has been been the focal point of our attack for the last two seasons, Pardew knew how valuable he is to the team and Adkins does too. He has never been dropped from the first team since he has been a Saints player, he has only missed the occasional game through injury, in fact he played through injury at the start of last season. I know that he will always be judged by the amount of goals he scores, but his link up play and heading ability shouldn't be overlooked. I'm very happy that he is staying for our push towards the Premier League.