Five things we learned from Paul Lambert's Wolves unveiling

The former Villa, Norwich and Blackburn boss has got the backing of fans after he replaced the sacked Walter Zenga.

But what came out of his first chat with the media? Wolves correspondent Tim Spiers picks out five things we learned from Lambert's unveiling.

1 Lambert looks motivated

The Villa experience clearly chastened Lambert. He needed little excuse to bring up the club's record since his departure. His tenure at Villa Park probably aged him 10 years and he admitted he had spoken 'drivel' during his Villa press conferences.

But having spent plenty of time out of the spotlight since he was sacked in February 2015 (for 13 of the past 20 months he's been without a club) he looks like a man rejuvenated. He was engaging, refreshed and amiable.

Lambert repeatedly spoke of his ambition to return to the Premier League. He's got a few people he wants to prove wrong – and he believes he can do that with Wolves.

Motivation is not a problem.

2 Wolves' squad will be downsized

"There's too many in the squad," Lambert said. "You probably can't work with that amount of players – we'll have to look at that and give them a feeling that we're going to go and win games."

Kevin Thelwell echoed those thoughts. Wolves signed 13 players in the summer and have a squad of 31 first-team players if everyone is fit (and back from loan), with 26 used so far this season.

That's bigger than a lot of Premier League squads. With Lambert and Thelwell on the same page, expect a few January departures.

3 He will embrace Wolves' history

Wolves' glorious history has sometimes weighed them down over the years. Lambert spoke fondly of Billy Wright and Steve Bull – and said the players should embrace it.

"There's a museum here that I want to go myself and have a look at," he said. "There have been great players through here. If you're here at this club you have to keep that going, you can't let it pass you by, it's too big.

"I think the players should look at (the museum). It's important to see things like that."

4 Blackburn was a write-off

Some have belittled Lambert's average Blackburn record last season. When he took over in November they were 16th and when the season ended in May they were 15th.

But he revealed it was clear it was never going to work at Ewood Park - and he'd have left within a couple of months if he could have.

"It's well documented the clause was there that I could leave," he said. "I was led to believe we were going to have a go at it. Pretty early on it was clear that wasn't going to happen.

"Blackburn's a great club with great people. Everything was good other than we thought we were going to get a chance.

"It was pretty early on it was clear I wasn't going to stay. I'd have left in January if they were willing to do that."

He also revealed there is no such clause in his Molineux contract.

5 He’ll take no prisoners

Those who have played under Lambert suggest he doesn't take any prisoners, particularly if players aren't giving 100 per cent.

There were a couple of moments when he hinted at that tough and uncompromising stance, like when he suggested Wolves hadn't been 'at it' in their past two matches following Walter Zenga's sacking.

He also said the squad's many foreign players had no choice but to embrace English culture and football. A few hard home truths may be on the way.