Liverpool supporters are starting to rival their manager Brendon Rodgers in the desperation stakes as they publish rumours that Rickie Lambert could be heading back to St Mary's.
In truth the rumous seem to have little foundation other than it is generally accepted by the supporters up there that Liverpool's strike force needs a boost in January and that would of course push Lambert even further down the pecking order.
From the websites I have read the Liverpool supporters are not vindictive towards Rickie, they seem to view him as a victim of circumstance rather than an under performing big time Charlie as they see Mario Ballotelli. Although Liverpool fans cannot see why the manager would have signed him.
However they do not see him as part of any solution.
Therefore they are starting to put two and two together and make five, with rumours of the Anfield cub going in for Jay Rodriguez, they seem to feel that offering us Rickie back as part of the deal would be very attractive to us.
They seem to think that Lambert would get more game time at St Mary's than he would at Anfield and this is perhaps where their reasoning fails, Saints already have Pelle who certainly is in better form than Lambert, Sadio Mane & Shane Long also offer options up front and crucially all have been in good form and have scored in the Premier league this season.
Then there is the little matter of the type of player Koeman wants in his squad, he looks for players who offer him options, those that can play in more than one position and in different formations etc.
There are some that say Rickie can play in midfield, but the issue there is that we are overstocked in that department with everyone fit.
Of course Saints fans love Rickie Lambert and with good justification, he was the shining beacon as we came out of our darkest days, he was our talisman and he rarely disapointed, however in my opinion that is just why we should not bring him back to St Mary's.
We need to keep his reputation intact as a living legend here and I feel that if he came back he is more likely to harm that reputation than enhance it, the Rickie Lambert story at Southampton had the potential to end sourly, however it didn't and we should be grateful for that.
Lets keep Rickie's memory as it should be and should he be loaned out to another club in January when they play Saints lets give him a warm welcome, there are several clubs in the Premier League who could offer Rickie the type of playing style that would suit him and in doing so the chance to show he isn't quite finished yet, sadly one of those clubs is not Saints.