Hard to judge Lambert on his last two roles as both have been with clubs riddled with off the field issues. He was brought into Villa to slash the wage bill and keep them up - in fairness, despite playing some morbid football he managed to do that successfully.
Out of the list of names considered then Lambert is their best shot.
Personally I'm hoping its Sherwood or Ince. Hearing Sherwood talking about his win percentage having lost 2-0 away at Burton may be quite funny