"I hated it. Since leaving school that was the longest time I had out of football," said Lee on his sabbatical.
"When you are in the game, any time you spend out of it is not a happy time. I just found it incredibly frustrating.
"I was able to go and watch matches but I wasn't the best around the house. You tend to become a pain to the people closest to you.
"The new season can't come quickly enough for me."
