PAUL LAMBERT: HOW TO WIN WHEN YOU LOSE

[Rudolph Hucker 0]

You play your squad players who will either have a good game and give you more options or else cool their heels by their proving they are not ready or good enough.

You protect your number one goalkeeper who has just had a massive confidence boost and give experience to his back up.

You give a good run out to Francomb and let him gain valuable experience. Meanwhile you rest the vital Drury.

You give more match fitness to Ward and Askou and have a look at a new partnership prior to them possibly having to play together at the weekend.

You experiment with Russel Martin on the left and find out what he can do there if needs be.

You give that game time to more of your midfielders and top up their fitness.

You see how Holt plays with Jackson and top up Holts match fitness.

You know you have a decent squad and you only conceed goals when you change the formation and go for it.

You prove to yourself once again how vital Chris Martin, Andrew Crofts and in particular Korey Smith is.

You go out of a pointless cup game with no apparent injuries and avoiding extra time to Premier League opposition and in the meantime stand up to the sort of team Norwich traditionally do poorly against.

All in all, I''m happy and once again Paul Lambert has got a lot out of a nothing game. What a manager! He lost in the competition but won in so many useful ways as Norwich City manager.

[First Wizard 0]

Good post Rude One.

[I am a Banana 0]

Yeah its very good to give more players a game, but I think we could have given them a real game if we played our full strength team.

[The Butler 0]

Dunt know wus goin on, we lost 7-1 to them a few seasons ago with alot batta team than this.

This Lambut guy know what hes a  doin on?

[CDMullins 436]

Please tell me the OP is a winde up!

[Canary1902 0]

Bravo on this post mate.

The one mocking Lambert is ridiculous

[Gingerpele 0]

Great post :D

[Chelmsford Canary 0]

Good post, also it''s a quote from the colour of money... Which I watched the other night!

[Graham Humphrey 13]

[quote user="CDMullins"]Please tell me the OP is a winde up![/quote]What''s a ''winde up''?

[Twitchy 0]

It''s a watch without batteries.

[Bill 1,788]

"What''s a ''winde up''?"a medieval term for scaring someoneas in -putting ye winde up

[Superflash 0]

Spot on!

[John 0]

[quote user="Canary1902"]Bravo on this post mate.

The one mocking Lambert is ridiculous[/quote]... The one sarcastically mocking Lambert, delivered by Mr Sarcastic himself (AKA. Mr Chops)?Whatever may be the case, you''re mind-bogglingly in possession of the kind of wit unbeknown to this board, be you taking sarcasm to a whole new level or so daft that you''d climb over a glass wall to see what was on the other side.

[Drazen Muzinic 1,444]

[quote user="RUDOLPH HUCKER"]You play your squad players who will either have a good game and give you more options or else cool their heels by their proving they are not ready or good enough. You protect your number one goalkeeper who has just had a massive confidence boost and give experience to his back up. You give a good run out to Francomb and let him gain valuable experience. Meanwhile you rest the vital Drury. You give more match fitness to Ward and Askou and have a look at a new partnership prior to them possibly having to play together at the weekend. You experiment with Russel Martin on the left and find out what he can do there if needs be. You give that game time to more of your midfielders and top up their fitness. You see how Holt plays with Jackson and top up Holts match fitness. You know you have a decent squad and you only conceed goals when you change the formation and go for it. You prove to yourself once again how vital Chris Martin, Andrew Crofts and in particular Korey Smith is. You go out of a pointless cup game with no apparent injuries and avoiding extra time to Premier League opposition and in the meantime stand up to the sort of team Norwich traditionally do poorly against. All in all, I''m happy and once again Paul Lambert has got a lot out of a nothing game. What a manager! He lost in the competition but won in so many useful ways as Norwich City manager.[/quote]

Agreed. The League Cup needs a massive overhaul to remain on the fixture list. Sad as it is, given City''s history in the competition, I don''t feel it will be around much longer...

 

[Lambo 0]

Top top post. Agree with all of it. Lambert called it all spot on IMO.

[CDMullins 436]

If we werent going to put a decent side out, we might aswell have put the kids out against Gillingham and got beat

[south london canary 0]

[quote user="Canary1902"]Bravo on this post mate.

The one mocking Lambert is ridiculous[/quote]

agreed