"?Rickie Lambert is eager to put the frustration of two years' spent on the substitutes' bench behind him - and fire Cardiff City into the Barclays Premier League.
"?The striker spoke to Wales Online after completing a transfer deadline day switch to the Bluebirds from West Bromwich Albion.
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Lambert, now 34 years of age, made just 10 starts last season for the Baggies, and featured just once for Tony Pulis' side in the second half of the 2015/16 campaign.
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That lack of game time came after just 11 starts from 36 appearances during his final season at boyhood club Liverpool - another spell that Lambert was left exasperated by.
He admitted: "I could have sat on the bench for a third year but I moved to West Brom from Liverpool to play. I love Liverpool and I've played a lot of games in my career so if I wanted to have a comfy life, I could have stayed at Liverpool."
He was also quoted on "?BBC Sport's website after being asked if he regrets his move to Anfield, saying: "I have been asked that question many a time and in hindsight maybe you would have picked a different choice. But no-one is telling me when Liverpool comes in for you, anyone in my shoes is going to say no being a Liverpool supporter.
"It did not work out but, at the end of the day, I still played for Liverpool, I played in the Champions League and still scored. It is something I am proud of, I wish it would have gone better but that's football sometimes. It went my way for years and obviously it did not work out that time."
Rickie Lambert is looking forward to being the main man again at Cardiff City.
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Further in his conversation with Wales Online, he admitted: "I could have stayed at West Brom but I want to be constantly involved, I want to be relied upon like I have been all my career. It's been horrible not to feel that."
He added: "At Liverpool I was a chess piece, and the same at West Brom. In the Premier League, most clubs have four strikers and you become a certain type of striker, but I'm used to being the main man and players revolving around me.
"If that happens then the team gets the rewards out of me, I feel, and my record in lower leagues and Championship speaks for itself and I'm hoping, with Trolls, I can get back there."?
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