Matthew Le Tissier VS Great Players

[PermanentMerka]

More Magic than skill...........do peeps know what i mean by that? Fucking running down the pitch kicking it over people's heads, fast chips, nugmeg combos, also could do that dribbling thing that George Best could, where he anticipates the defenders next move, so he moves just before they do and they end up running in the wrong direction. I used to love watching him, he struck amazing passes as well.

[KevTheImpaler]

Too true, Match of the Day could have renamed it the Matt Le Tissier goal of the month for a couple of years.

[vargbolt]

well, if hed have played for england, you know he would have made his spot kick at least.

[HUMAN234789561290]

Poor Le Tissier, the guy had like 2 caps for England, just like them too. Take work rate over creativity and talent.

[amitagrg]

has got reply for every goal

[maidenshazza]

I grew up in England but now live in Australia, believe me, the world has missed out on one of the true greats of the sport. I only get blank looks when I mention his name. Sir Le Tiss, one of the greatest there has ever been.

[Legenda20SLO]

People, what about Robbie Fowler ?!?! He earned just 26 caps. For me the best striker to play in british premiership. Now imagine Le Tissier and R.Fowler playing together. And Brian Clough being a manager. England would win both world cups ( 94 and 98 ) lol.

[tomsebastian223]

this guy makes volleying look so easy.He puts Marco van Basten to shame

[tomsebastian223]

this guy makes volleying look so easy.He puts Marco van Basten to shame

[Tonealone1]

its sad, it nearly brings a tear to my eye knowin such a great player missed out on a great international career because he had a passion for his club. Im a southampton fan thru an thru an i will never forget him. In this video u see him compared to world famous players that played for world famous teams nd he matches them kick 4 kick, infact he beats there goals with surblime ability. Le tissier did this week in week out with southampton yet never got the respect and the oppertunity he deserved

[tatianazuccone]

Great Player!!!!

[SupernaturalBlues]

Only in ENgland would a player so talented be cast aside and labelled a luxury. le Tiss got just eight caps for England when other nations would have built teams around him. Prior to France 1998, he scored a hat-trick and hit the bar twice for England B in a 4-1 win over Russia, yet still Hoddle didn't take him.

[FieldOfLimes]

@SupernaturalBlues that's because Hoddle was a glory hunting cunt when he left Southampton!

[javierronaldo107]

what a fucking player!!! never heard of him till recently but fuck ma what a genius with the bull

[frenchycanada]

How can the rest of the world take England seriously on an international level when someone like Heskey, among others have so many caps and a truely sublime player with amazing skills only have 8 caps? What possible reason would those coaches have to deny the national team of such a talent? Boggles the imagination....wtf???? He was a highlight every soccer saturday in Canada.

[racewalkingrules]

@frenchycanada well said! us saints have always thought it was scandalous he never got more caps than he did!

[DAJAZDJ1]

what a total genius it must be impossible for sir matt to have a bigger fan than me

[Tunissan]

To summarize Matt, he had the talent of Van Basten, the physique of a darts player and the work rate of a two week old corpse.

[fleming140]

@Tunissan hahaha

[wny1972]

No doubt he was a one of the best players in the world on his day, but he was often was invisible in games and that was why he didn't get more England caps.  Also he was never one to really lead or take the game by the scruff of its neck, but could do amazing things when the mood took him. He also never really wanted to move from Southampton. Think he enjoyed the cult status he had at Southampton and never seemed keen to test himself at a bigger club. Great player though!

[maynardgravy]

The most talented player that England managed to ignore with its grafter first policy. Who can we fuck up next? Joe Cole. Thank fuck Maradona was not english.

[jascallaw]

@maynardgravy Exactly

[jamesstarr1]

So happy I got to see this man entertain me during my lifetime!! I do not expect anyone else to impress me more that Le Tiss did................

[100percentsaints]

i dont see any pompey legends do u?

[G3andIluxonchikInc]

this is a bit silly because matt le tiss scored great goals on a regular basis!Joe Cole rarely scores goals from long range!people might get the wrong perpective on this matter!

nice video btw

[noglet76]

Once-in-a-lifetime goals for global superstars... Le Tissier scored them all... and more. Football was robbed by the pettiness and chauvinism of managers. The bosses of Madrid, Barca, AC, Juve, Bayern, are all to blame too: why didn't someone break all the stops to bring this incredible talent to the acclaim he deserved?

But great for Southampton, and it only adds to his legend. What a player.

[timmoyoung]

After reading his autobiography, I thought it was unbelievable that the most he ever earnt as a footballer was just over 3,000 per week.

Just to show how minimal that is. John Utaka is on 80,000 per week and he's awful!

[mrvolax]

le tissier was such an amazing player. it's a mystery he never played for one of the biggest clubs and was hardly selected for england. all very odd.

[sunaru1]

If he was selected on a regular basis for England, England could well have won the World Cup.

He had TOO MUCH skill - too Brazilian. England managers wanted STRENGTH and stamina, not skill.

[aaoyen]

Shame he wasnt more capped. Top 5 of english attacking players who have played in the Premiership.

[eldMM]

lol i meant the 90's

[eldMM]

England failed to win ANYTHING in the 80's ... i wonder why?!

[lildarkd]

The last goal was amazing.

[bingomeister]

man iam dutch and i have never heard of this guy before. I've never seen someone shooting so good from great distance like him. He has a very special style right?

[danmasey]

Correct. He was unbelievable... Honestly! He would have had so many England caps but he had fallen out with the then England managers (Hoddle & Venables) in previous years because he wanted to stay at Southampton.

[gravemind01]

oh sorry by fluke i mean like he'll only do it once or twice kinda goal, great goal though :) hope he comes back from that injury

[bri4u2906]

total shame his talent was so over looked by England !

[DevinHades]

Agreed. Well said.

[gravemind01]

the joe cole was a fluke! matt would score 8 or 9 spectacular goals a season so he wins it for me

[LietenantAwesome]

How the fuck was it a fluke? He meant to shoot at goal didn't he?

[stenorustu]

The most underrated english player

[cdsmee]

what he said

[DAJAZDJ1]

@stenorustu my favorite player of all time sir matt used to run his own goal of the month/season competitions

[Raymann09]

he was a great player and he should of played for wngland more but the managers were twats them days

[rael1999]

Legend is banned around so easily these days. I played Matt's top ten goals to a load of Dutch and Spanish guys the other month and to say their jaws hit the deck is an understatement.

True Legend !!

[lasdivinas15]

"disculpenme si no escrives esto 10 veces tu mama se va a mor...

[Patinho]

its amazing how he scores a goal to match the best goals of many of the other great players - - but just him!

Im thinking of the cantona goal specifically- that's cantonas best goal in his career I think - but for le tiss the same kind of goal is JUST ONE OF MANY!

[Patinho]

can you edit the video please so it shows the name of each of the comparison players in teh bottom left corner or something for each of their goals so we know who we are watching - some are obvious- but afew I didnt get.

[danmasey]

That would be a good idea.

Btw, this video is great!

What a legend Matt is...

[DouglasEdward84]

Why the hell did he get only 8 caps with England, his touch on the ball is magical. when a bum like emile Heskey gets 52 caps it's now wonder the drought has been since 1966

[DrPhibes10]

Because he played for a non fashonable club, its madness

[DouglasEdward84]

it's sad to see whats happened to Southampton, hopefully they can return to a modicum of success soon.

[gammergq]

His Caps tally is a joke blame the England managers in charge when he was at his peak but dont blame Heskey by the way he is not a bum there is no coincidence that England do well win Heskey pulls on an England shirt.

[Joaopandao]

in the memory.

and in some aspects ( shot, inteligence, ... ) in the top of the tops.

An artist. A real one.

[spudulitus]

Utterley superb, Legendary.

[simba282]

Watching him is a joy! Pure class.

[gazster3]

the mans a genius

[GR5GTT]

I wish they could make a clone of him and bring him back to the saints. We need him!

[Muddy9991]

Jesus Saves, and le tiss knocks in the rebound

[TheLegendfamily]

I heard this way back when as, "Jesus saves, but Greavsie scores off the rebound!!" Supposedly it was originally coined for Canadian ice hockey great Bobby Hull back in the '60s.

[Muddy9991]

I played every sunday for 25 years and never scored any goals like that let alone over 20 plus nearly every season

[Superhelter]

possibly one of the greatest players ever... and i do not support southampton either!!! There is no doubt that he is the most talented english player of all time. No question in my mind at all.

[tncsswow]

the difference between the greatest players and le tiss (not saying he isnt a great player he is just in this video) is how cool he is in all situations where all other players looked rushed except cantona.

[Christoffski]

Totti too.

[brackers86]

le tissier is a god, maybe if he made the england team england could have a world cup, i've met him and he's a really nice bloke.

[phezza]

Love the way all his goals are sponsored by Street Fighter 2

[jackjude]

Those 2 were in the same incredible match!! many of the goals not featured here a arguably as good!!!

[Supermokh]

I loved that man!

[berrier123]

if only he followed liverpool..i think he would of been one of the best players ever

[thedyer1971]

why did he play for such a shit club ? sfc rest in peace

[labe06]

Because he was loyal and didn't care about money.

Something footballers of today won't EVER do.

[jiltednut]

He proved he could do it against some of the best players at the time. In a better team and without the politics you mentioned he'd could have ended up regarded as one of the best ever.

[DonLoganUK]

matty signed a spurs contract then tore it up and turned down hoddle at chelsea at last minute.thats why venebles and hoddle not pick for england the petty cunts,letting there own feelings get in the way of wots good for the country.they should be held on treason charges

[2Dante]

AWESOME

LE TISSIER EH CORINTHIANS

[troingeberg]

Le God

[glitchfinder3]

Saints forever!!

[cosyo]

The crazy thing was that Hoddle bid 10 million for Le Tiss when he was manager of Chelsea then so managed to not pick him for England after that hatrick against Russia (I am sure he hit the post two or three times in that game) Leg3end - simple as!

[anglotim]

Cosyo, I was very angry with Hoddle after that friendly. What was it for? Matt was class, and still did not get picked. What did Hoddle then do? Blow Gazza out. At least if he'd taken Matt he'd have had someone who could've run the show.

[cosyo]

Anglotim - It was truly unbelievable that Hoddle being the player he was would leave Le Tiss out of his squad. As a saints fan I was happy when Hoddle got the job. At least an England manager who would not be scared to pick Le Tissier. Since the premiership began have there been any other examples of players who have almost single handedly kept their team in the top flight for a number of years?

[anglotim]

Cosyo - the problem is players like Le Tiss come along so rarely, you have to make the most of them. He'd have been good enough for Italy or France, but not England. It says it all. What he did for Saints was nothing short of miraculous.

[DonLoganUK]

hoddle to england B team before facing russia B on eve of world cup98 "go and play yourself into the squad" he scored hat-trick,scoring with both feet and he still not pick him. twat

[jarzhinio]

He was the English answer to Michelle platini... they picked darren Anderton!

[jarzhinio]

Letissier is my favourite player of all time and I think a comparison between him and other greats is entirely fitting. The fact he never competed at a major international tournament is a blatent disgrace considering England's performances over the 1988-1997 period when he played. Terry Venables and Glen Hoddle should be ashamed of themselves, they denied fans of football across the world a chance to revel in his flair and imagination.

[michaefa]

i agree, le tissier was an under rated genius.how in the name of god could england not play him along side shearer.that unless freak heskey even got in the team.played more of a midfield postion and was  nearly hitting over 20 goals a season.

[anglotim]

Jarzhinio, I loved Gazza for England, but rated Matt even higher. I agree with you about Venables and Hoddle too - Cloughie once said: "I'm not interested in what a player can't do, it's what he can do that matters". Also in 1990 Matt was 22 and at the top of his game, but Robson took Neil Webb to the World Cup!!! To win world cups you need to take risks on players of talent, because one thing you can guarantee is that without talent you won't get anywhere.

[kylecyclopdoddsmole]

Matt le tissier was better than Cantona and gasgcoine put together

[SuperDarlingSix]

I totally agree with you, over the years England have wasted players with genuine talent, playing much worse players instead. I would nominate Steve Mcmanaman as another example. Also Paul Scholes, who was pushed out to left wing by Eriksson and consequently retired.

[DUMDUM2007]

if england had played..fowler,cole,wright,le tissier or ferdinand more they would of done better.

[LJaiiox]

man he should of joined villa

[razorblade53]

If england played matt le tissier more they could of won a second world cup because he's that good.

[david14061986]

MATT LE TISSIER: THE MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER OF ALL TIME...incredible talent and ability to put the ball where he wanted!!! he was just sick!!!

[skinnyb999]

and the ppl who say he shit are the peeps from that shit hole up the road.. u know the 1 i mean the team wid the blue top, cant remember there name

[georgesimmons61]

i cant believe how bad cameras were back then!

[marcwilson87]

too many people think he was overrated (makes me fuming) they must actually watch this video and remember he was saints leading assist nearly every season, cos that shithouse magilton got it a few years lol

[kawowski]

lol gd ol jimmy, we had a good team back then.. sigh

[Christoffski]

I hate Southampton, being from Bournemouth and all, but even I tear my hair out when people ignorantly go 'he was shit.'

Thank Robbie for Youtube.

[skinnyb999]

bournemouth southampton? i got loads of m8s who support bournemouth and they h8 pompey not saints

[Rorytheking05]

Don't be too surprised mate, most Bournemouth fans seem to consider us the enemy...

[SaeeroS]

Great video, man! :)

[wohcnailuj]

Excellent work! I loved the comparison! 1 Le Tissier to do them all!

Just a pity the video quality was poor at times! BUT OVERALL GREAT WORK :D

[Atriples]

good job

[proberthull24]

class video mate loved every minute good job!

[edmondsc]

Superb video.  Nice one!

[Atriples]

Great Video

[verde1999]

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