I've read a lot of posts on here regarding the dropdown selected value issues (not showing etc etc...) but mine is the opposite problem.

I want the drop down to always reset after the view is returned after a button submits the page through the controller action. So how I've structured it all works but is it possible to reset the dropdown list each time? I can't find a way to do it and I've tried a lot of ways, believe me.

My View:

@Model.PspSourceModel.PayAccount.PaymentProviderId
<br />
@Html.DropDownListFor(
        x => x.PspSourceModel.PayAccount.PaymentProviderId,
            new SelectList(Model.PspSourceModel.PaymentProviders, "Value", "Text", "-- please select --"),
    "-- please select --"

My Controller:

// I've tried forcing the selected value id here - doesn't effect the dropdownlist still?
pspVM.PspSourceModel.PayAccount.PaymentProviderId = 1;

return (View(pspVM));

My Webpage shows:

1 (the id I set in the Action)

dropdownlist with the id=6 or whatever value was chosen prior to submitting the form.

From the questions and answers on SO and the wider web I thought the dropdownlist seems tied to the id you choose but how do I override that to reset the dropdown to 'please select' each time?

Thanks in advance.