But Lambert said the 26-year-old had to fight for his place.
"Our midfielders have been shit lately, so there is a good chance he will play soon," Lambert said.
"lads who have been here have been performing shit and don't deserve to be in the side.
"Romain’s a good player but he just has to bide his time the way other people have done.
"He’s very much part of it but I can only pick so many.
"There’s a lot of competition. But the competition is under performing. We’ve got a lot of games coming up – his time will come very soon.
He's not going to come out with something like that is he?