by Dave Usher for ESPN
Brendan Rodgers usually has as little regard for big centre forwards as Superman has for Kryptonite. One of his first acts as Liverpool boss was to offload club record signing Andy Carroll even though it left him with just one natural striker to call upon going into the season. The reason? He didn't really fit in.
It was a little surprising then to see him swoop for Southampton's Merseyside born target man Rickie Lambert this week. Carroll and Lambert were both competing for the same spot in Roy Hodgson's England squad for this summer's World Cup because they provide "something different" (essentially a polite way of saying "he's a big old unit").
Liverpool's new big man got the nod over their old one for Brazil, but will Lambert succeed at Anfield where Carroll failed?
Here's five reasons why he will...
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