And on similar notes (although not quite the same), he bought

Mathias Jonson who was a decent right-sided attacker in a 4-3-3 and then played him out of position as an out and out winger, then decided the best we could do as a backup winger was a 55-year old Graeme Stuart (again, he did what was asked of him - not his fault), Dropped Safri for no apparent reason, even putting Helveg and Charlton in the defensive role ahead of him at times.

The seasons before Worthy had been great (not quite Lambert but still his decisions were fairly understandable), and then he just seemed to lose it entirely in the Premiership season and beyond.

No idea why. Just seemed to lose his way. Let's hope the same doesn't happen with Lambert although I doubt it will because while Worthy seemed (early on) to be good at making the most of what he had, Lambert seems to have a vision which is sacred to him and should serve to keep him consistent in his philosophy. And I think we're gonna live or die by that philosophy, but that's life and I'm happy to take the chance because if it works the way Lambert believes it will I think we'll be an established Premiership team ! That might also mean a yo-yo couple of years but we shouldn't forget that the 7 year plan also included a relegation from the Prem... People keep saying we've achieved it in 18 months, but that's not true. We're just 2 or 3 years ahead of the schedule they marked out.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on July 31st 2011 at 15:27:56

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My phone died yesterday so I wasn't able to post updates from the game so.... (NCFC) - wgf500, Jul 31, 14:35:57
- Bit of Ruddy flappiness (NCFC) - Waddockhunt, Jul 31, 15:27:26
- The Bradley Johnson injury (NCFC) - Waddockhunt, Jul 31, 15:25:29
- Is De Laet as quick as everyone makes out? (n/m) (NCFC) - Duck, Jul 31, 14:50:09
  - He ran from centre back to the other end of the pitch with the ball (NCFC) - wgf500, Jul 31, 14:52:09
    - sounds very promising to have a pacy defender. (NCFC) - Only1Doherty, Jul 31, 14:53:48
      - not forgetting THE DOC (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 31, 15:30:07
      - I always thought he was unfortunate, more a black mark on Worthington (NCFC) - pants, Jul 31, 14:59:58
        
        yup that's true, he was even played in midfield at some points too (NCFC) - Only1Doherty, Jul 31, 15:06:14
        
        The Norfolk Makelele (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 31, 15:19:38
        
        Simon Bolton (NCFC) - Huge 5mal1, Jul 31, 15:27:37
        
        It was funny at the time (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge 5mal1, Jul 31, 15:36:05
        
        for further reading, on nearly the same position. See Helveg vs Edworthy (NCFC) - pants, Jul 31, 15:02:16
        
        Agree, and also same about Charlton. Played out of position, showed up because of it, but (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 31, 15:21:13
        
        I think he stayed in Norfolk for a bit (NCFC) - Huge 5mal1, Jul 31, 15:35:42
        
        He complained like a bastard about being played as a striker. Mind you, (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 31, 15:40:32
        
        And on similar notes (although not quite the same), he bought (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 31, 15:27:56
      - haha (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 14:55:20

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