Matt Le Tissier

Carlton Palmer got double the England caps MLT managed.

Lack of work rate killed his career, a few amazing goals aside.
He had about a dozen world class games a season, usually on Sky MNF. The rest of the time he didn’t stand out and at times as a bit of a lazy average player.

Same as Kinkladze for us. Jaw droppingly good just now and again.
 
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Some would say that Anelka or Yaya were lazy.
Some say Berbatov was n’all. In reality Yaya and Berbatov were both consistently fantastic players and not lazy at all.

Yaya didn’t have the passing stats he did for four seasons straight by being lazy.

His legs certainly went as he reached about 32 and he couldn’t keep up with the pace of games, but those first four years he was the best player we had, the best midfielder in the Prem, and was the best player in the league in the two seasons we won the league with him.

Le Tissier wasn’t at the level of Yaya or Berbatov.
 
England played a rigid 4 4 2
Le'tis wasn't a striker, nor a midfielder as defined by those times
Like Hoddle, he was supremely talented but didn't fit the 4 4 2

There's no reason why he couldn't have played in the same role as Teddy Sheringham behind Shearer.

But he didn't because he wasn't good enough.
 
Don’t dislike Le Tissier and he may have a point on the media love in. It seems if you don’t follow the media narrative you are hung out to dry. Our media is a closed prejudiced group particularly when they decide to tow one line. The same in America. I actually respect him for having a view independent of what the media want him to peddle.
 
Don’t dislike Le Tissier and he may have a point on the media love in. It seems if you don’t follow the media narrative you are hung out to dry. Our media is a closed prejudiced group particularly when they decide to tow one line. The same in America. I actually respect him for having a view independent of what the media want him to peddle.
I think he's a crank.
 
Can someone explain to me what was untrue or innacurate about the quote re. media lies.
The fact he's denying a massacre happened. The media lies about a lot of things. Hillsborough (which I'm sure Le Tissier couldn't care less about) being an example, but Le Tissier's really telling on himself by questioning whether Bucha was real. There are plenty of things he could have picked, he chose that. Bucha happened. There are eyewitnesses and footage, I don't get how it could have been faked. Le Tissier also thinks COVID isn't real despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. There's differences in opinion and then there's outright conspiracy theory bullshit. And Le Tissier got what he wanted, lockdown's been over for ages, so I don't know why he's still claiming he's being oppressed by lockdown.

And also? I'm Jewish. I don't need to explain why Le Tissier denying a fucking war crime genuinely disturbs me.

(And I don't think you can compare Touré to him tbh. Touré was a harder worker, plus different positions.)
 
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He’s a proper loon who thinks others are interested in his crack pot views.
 
Briefly, yeah. Doesn’t stop you thinking what he could have been with work rate.
Correct. Even Vinnie said that about him in a recent interview. Said he was colossal for us but he used to frustrate him at times because if he had more drive he could have been so much better.
 
Most of my work colleagues are saints fans and the general view is that he was great, could have been greater but is otherwise a bit of a bellend.

One of them mentioned coming across him a couple of times while out clubbing in Southampton back in the day. She didn’t say anything else, but the raised eyebrow alone probably explains why her married name isn’t Le Tissier.
 
Most of my work colleagues are saints fans and the general view is that he was great, could have been greater but is otherwise a bit of a bellend.

One of them mentioned coming across him a couple of times while out clubbing in Southampton back in the day. She didn’t say anything else, but the raised eyebrow alone probably explains why her married name isn’t Le Tissier.
Oh yeah, Le Tissier was a bit of a player. His second wife is the woman he cheated on his first wife with, and I think he banged Isla Fisher as well.
 
I found a picture of him on a gay blog on Tumblr (the guy has a fascination with bulges). I mean, seeing Nigel Pearson on there was bad enough but Matt Le Tissier?! He makes Carlos Tevez look pretty!
 

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