In their first season yes

Towards latter part of season though we weren't really setting the league alight

As said earlier, lambert would more than likely be struggling with us this season too. Why else did he want to leave on a high, at the peak of our achievements

Posted By: essexcanaryOTBC on January 26th 2013 at 17:35:15

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Today's team was chock full of Lambert signings (NCFC) - mr carra, Jan 26, 17:26:01
- Those players haven't been given a look in (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 26, 17:30:28
  - yep, this is where Hughton has some serious questions to answer (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 26, 17:33:20
    - I can understand player such as E.Bennett being unmotivated. (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 26, 17:35:35
      - He isn't really much good though. Is he? (NCFC) - mr carra, Jan 26, 17:38:02
        
        Eh? Got a couple of assists in recent weeks. Pilkington has been woeful recently. (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 26, 17:42:06
  - They were playing Luton town today (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 26, 17:32:45
    - the thing is players played well in the last round (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 26, 17:34:57
      - did jackson play? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 26, 17:35:40
        
        Fox and Bennett didn?t though (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 26, 17:41:35
        
        Yeah. But we didn't have any other fit strikers (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 26, 17:37:29
    - Hughton does not change his First XI. There were no places up for grabs. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 26, 17:34:49
- Set out to play (NCFC) - Pragmatist, Jan 26, 17:30:00
- Finished 13th in the Premiership, and got us promoted twice. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 26, 17:29:43
  - missed out the fact we lost in cups to lower opposition............Oh........You forgot... (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 26, 17:34:25
    - absolutely. Lambert did not give a shit about them that was clear enough. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 26, 17:42:04
- A lambert team that finished 13th in the league (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jan 26, 17:28:30
  - That was almost certainly unrepeatable (NCFC) - mr carra, Jan 26, 17:30:22
    - Why? Tactics have changed completely since the change of manager. (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 26, 17:33:41
    - Correct! (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 26, 17:33:30
  - For all your bluster, you're enjoiying this aren't you? (NCFC) - mr chimp, Jan 26, 17:30:17
- Hughton will sign a shed load in the summer IMO (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 26, 17:28:23
  - hope his summer signings will get us out of the championship (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Jan 26, 17:34:01
  - It's not fair enough when the previous squad was more than capable (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 26, 17:31:25
    - In their first season yes (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 26, 17:35:15
      - Lambert messed about with the squad at the end of last season. (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 26, 17:38:25
      - we are struggling this season. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 26, 17:36:51
- The team that just went on a six game run without a win hardly featured either. (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 26, 17:28:09
  - And how many clearly winnable games were in that run? (NCFC) - mr carra, Jan 26, 17:31:22
    - WBA, West Ham, Toon. (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Jan 26, 17:34:16
    - To be honest, that's the thing im clingin onto at the moment... (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jan 26, 17:33:01
- Those players were good last year. Motivation? (n/m) (NCFC) - Buford T Justice, Jan 26, 17:28:03

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