From announcing himself in the 1989-90 season with a sublime hat-trick to his firecracker to send off The Dell, half a dozen of the Southampton icon’s best:Xavi said:
crackers galore....is the name of Mr Pigeon's girlfriend.Ish said:
First one is probably his own fault and the second question was influenced by his decisions with regards to the first. If he played for a big club, he'd have been a regular for England.
He scored some crackers but he was a bit of a lazy bastard. Bigger teams would've asked him to actually run around a bit.
Liked where he lived. Also, as good as he was, he was a lazy cnut. Didnt have the drive. Remember in the 90s Frank Skinner doing a bit in his stand up where he said "Le Tissier has taken up comedy. He stands there yawning for 90 minutes, but when he tells a joke its a fecking good one."
then I spot this.England had Gascoigne and Sheringham (who had excellent chemistry with Shearer) at Le Tissier's peak. Unless he really kicked it up a level, he was only ever going to be a bit part player for the national team.
England treat him like they did John Barnes, didn't play to their blindingly obvious talents. If you watch Le Tiss' interviews when he's asked about England you can see he's a bit bitter, and who can blame him. Looking at the number of caps other far far inferior players got while he was around is baffling.
How? He was ignored at international level and was seen as a poor professional not worth the negatives. His ability was pretty rare, however.
Never overrated. English football would die for a player like him now, with his technique and invention.
Le Tissier is more highly rated nowadays then at the time he was playing. Why ? blind nostalgia and youtube.
He was more highly rated at the time than Soton level. Bigger sides tried to sign him but he turned them down.
Apart from Spurs,who were desperately trying to get up the table,very few big teams were willing to spend major bucks on him. And when they could he was arguably past his peak and were informed of the fact he had awful off field routine of eating fish 'n' chips and getting bladdered during the week.
I don’t disagree. He was a terrible professional but he’s one of those ‘what could have been’ players.Apart from Spurs,who were desperately trying to get up the table,very few big teams were willing to spend major bucks on him. And when they could he was arguably past his peak and were informed of the fact he had awful off field routine of eating fish 'n' chips and getting bladdered during the week.
A relative saw him one night getting p*ssed up in Soton when he informed Southampton that day he had a ankle problem and was unable to walk.
He was the epitome of a cult player.
Yes, his fitness levels were all over the place depending on whether or not he was getting on with the Southampton Manager from what I could tell.Apart from Spurs,who were desperately trying to get up the table,very few big teams were willing to spend major bucks on him. And when they could he was arguably past his peak and were informed of the fact he had awful off field routine of eating fish 'n' chips and getting bladdered during the week.
A relative saw him one night getting p*ssed up in Soton when he informed Southampton that day he had a ankle problem and was unable to walk.
He was the epitome of a cult player.
Were Tottenham really a bigger side, more of a sideways move.
I’d say it’s more to do with how many good English strikers/midfielders and creative rules like him to pick from when he played. Because England managers didn’t select him and he was at Southampton he was easy to look down on.
I always liked Le Tissier. His technique was sublime, but I can see that some would label him frustrating considering all the chances he wasted trying impossible passes for instance.
Plenty did. Cantona didn't do much defending. People were raving about Messi last season up till the liverpool match, hard to argue Barca aren't a top side despite that result. Every player in your team working hard and pressing high up the pitch will be replaced in time as all other tactics are and the lazy, languid number 10 will come back in fashion at one point or another.
Messi and La Tissier are not in the same category or anything close to that, Cantona was better than La Tissier too.
