What's the obsession with comparing Lambert and Carroll? Similar players yes, but they'll be playing for sides with such conflicting aims and objectives next season. One's 30 years old, the other 23.
Give Lambert a chance first. We don't know if he's good enough for the Premier League yet because he's never played a game at the level before. He'll have the faith of the manager and his team-mates so instead of creating threads such as...:
"Is Adkins good enough?"
"Is Lambert good enough?"
...every summer, get behind them to give them the belief that they are good enough. Rant over.