The Canaries have acquitted themselves well on their return to the Premier League, climbing up to eighth with 12 points from the opening nine games. A battling 1-1 draw at Liverpool last weekend summed up the spirit of Lambert's squad, many of whom were playing in League One just two seasons ago. However, the Norwich manager maintains any thoughts of complacency in securing a fourth league win against bottom club Rovers would be a big mistake. "It is wrong if people are going to come and think we are going to just roll them over - that is how you get caught", Lambert told a press conference. "If we don't play as well as we have been we will get turned over. "They have got young players, but also experienced ones as well, lads who have played in the league for a few years. We have to combat that." Some of the pressure on under-fire Rovers boss Steve Kean was lifted after a morale-boosting midweek Carling Cup victory over high-flying Newcastle. Lambert is under no illusions of the test ahead on Saturday. He said: "It is a really hard game. Probably the hardest we have face because of the circumstances. For different reasons it is a totally different game from last week. "Blackburn are a good side - an established Premier League side, we are not." Lambert has every sympathy for the plight of his fellow Glaswegian coach. "Steve Kean is getting unfair criticism, and handling it really, really well," said the former Scotland midfielder. "I just think it is wrong what he is going through considering he is doing everything he can to get them up the table. "That is the way fans seem to be going at the moment, if one or two results go against you, then they are hounding managers out." Lambert added: "It can be a lonely place when you are standing out there. It is not nice to hear, or see people with banners and I certainly don't think it helps the club." Norwich could again field an unchanged side on Saturday, although captain Grant Holt is pressing for a recall to the starting XI having come off the bench to net an equaliser at Anfield. Lambert has preferred to have Wales striker Steve Morison at the head of the attack in recent weeks. However, the Canaries boss insists competition for places keeps the whole squad on their toes. "It is not 'Morison versus Holt' or anything. It is what is beneficial for this football club. We have in our heads what we are going to do," said Lambert. "Like I say to them sometimes they find themselves in the side and sometimes they won't." The Norwich boss continued: "Grant is 30-years-old, so he understands the game. He is not a young lad that you are having to explain a lot of things and he has been good about it. "That is the beauty of being the manager here at the minute. I never view it as picking a side and that will be set in stone - I need everybody to perform. "I said it right from League One days that we need everybody to go the same direction for this club to have some success."
