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Rickie Lambert

Rickie Lambert

English former footballer

Sep 26, 2026

3:12
Yeah, he was
3:12
under pressure.
3:15
And it was kind of like, I felt like Luis Suarez went and I was his replacement.
3:23
So it was such a pressure.
3:26
It was such a hard feeling.
3:28
to fill even though I wasn't and Brendan was trying to tell people Ricky's not the replacement for Louie I was trying to I was supposed to add to it the fans were going to always see that because they had Louie who almost won the the the league and then he left and I came in with Mario and And then obviously the team, the tactical side took a knock because everything went through Louis.
3:53
So it was like, I was getting a twofold effect on me where tactically and physically, like football wise, I was just not good enough.

15 MINS LATER

18:37
Do you think you've changed a lot as a person since retiring from football and giving yourself more time to think? Or presumably you weren't thinking these things while you were playing football in the same way?
15:08
you did you know that you ended up there so you did have the talent yeah but it was just about proving to everyone yeah
15:13
and maybe others would have took the advice from others and absorbed that it didn't work that didn't go that didn't work on me I don't know why It was just right on to the next thing.
15:26
Okay, you don't think I'm good enough, on to the next thing.
15:29
Where can I go? Okay, there's a route at Blackpool.
15:31
My friends play at Blackpool.
15:33
I'm gonna go to Blackpool.
15:34
I'm gonna make it at Blackpool.
18:23
Does it teach you a lot of that?

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