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It will come as no surprise that the words ‘simply’ and ‘astonishing’ were used by several different contributors independently of one another in reference to Paul Lambert’s stewardship at Carrow Road. It’s a kind of rags to riches story that’s been done to death, of course. Indeed, in trying to sum the past two years, which have seen Lambert pick Norwich up by the scruff and build a mentally tough squad capable of going until the end, I’m struggling to come up with new words to describe his success. But what success. Nobody in Norfolk expected promotion this season; a play-off push, at the very most, represented the upper limit of expectation,…