Good luck with Lambert. Whilst I am not happy with the seemingly underhand way he has been approached, if the shoe was on the other foot and we approached somebody elses manager I don''t think I would be complaining too loudly. I must say I am a little surprised you went for Paul. He is a very strong character and has an extremely good eye for a player. He is a fantastic talker and negotiator of deals. I have spoken to a few of the new CUFC playing staff in my job and they have spoken highly of him. He just does not strike me as the sort of guy you would expect as Norwich manager. You have always had quite likeable fella''s in charge. The major gripe I had was the way he went about things. There are rumours that he was rarely down here and Culverhouse took training most of the time. He was also a bully too. If you were not a physical oaf who won''t get stuck in, then your out of the picture in Lambert''s eyes. He barely spoke to the playing squad once they were here and he alienated a lot of the players who he did not want. I think its safe to say he will (funds dependant) look to get the deadwood out. I can see Drury and Docherty being the first to receive the Lambert treatment. He is a real strict disciplinarian and if a player steps out of line they will soon know about it also. Lambert''s tactics have been discussed, yes its not easy on the eye, he likes grafters and people not afraid of a physical encounter. Our first game under him was at Stockport and they complained bitterly at the bully boy tactics we employed. We all thought it was great, so he will give you a decent spine. its not easy to watch by all means but he was getting positive results. His record would have been a lot better had we not have had a hoodoo of not being able to play well at home. All in all, he will probably get you results. But the football will not be overly attractive. I would of liked to have seen him stay, because he appeared to be getting things right and its good to be stable, but I am not entirely disappointed to see him go because he was quick to blame everyone else and not his tactics when we was not doing well. I hope for your sakes he doesn''t turn out to be another Peter Grant! Its safe to say he will not get a very nice reception at the WHCS in Jan, but that is to be expected and I think he will relish it.
