George Lapslie, who has recently left Charlton Athletic for Mansfield Town following an initial loan spell with the Stags, is this week's guest.
The recording took place prior to George's move away from the Addicks, but while it was known he would be leaving on a permanent basis in due course. In fact, he took a break from speaking to his agent to chat with me. It seemed timely to move my chat with the young midfielder up a few weeks on the schedule.
We speak about dealing with the extreme highs and lows that football offers, which are particularly hard to deal with as a young player, the challenge to overcome the hurt of criticism and instead utilising it as motivation, how studying a university degree has grounded him, how his strong emotional connection to both his partner and their newly born daughter has helped him to realise there’s so much more to George Lapslie the footballer, and of course coming to terms with moving away from his boyhood club.
Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram @WellBallingPod, and follow me on Twitter and Instagram @K_AndrewsPhotos
