How An English Kid With ZERO Athleticism Outplayed The Entire Premier League
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Despite his lack of strength, speed, and agility, and incredibly unassuming look - Matt Le Tissier was one of the most technically skilled players that English football has ever seen. So underrated in fact, that as a midfielder, he would genuinely outscore some of the best strikers you could think of in the 90s to early 2000s and even set records that had never been done before.
He was genuinely so good, that the Southhampton fans (who if you didn’t know, are nicknamed the Saints because of their clubs origins as a church football team) would literally call him “Le GOD”. Yes, he was good that even this church origin club would break the 1st commandment to pay their respects to him.
So today, we're going to look at his incredible story and put some respect on his name.
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2:29-5:56 The Child Prodigy from Guernsey
5:57-7:18 The Most Underrated Midfielder in Premier League History
7:19-11:45 How Good Was Matt Le Tissier, Really?
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He was also not un athletic. He was quick on the sprint and was not slow as you claim, and had amazing dribbling abilities Which require great balance and agility to pull off. So he was not un athletic The goals he scored require great athleticism. What he was accused of was being lazy when playing for England as he was not a ball winner. He was called a luxury player. Just saying
It's the English Channel, but apart from that what an absolutely Top Drawer video!!! How he never went to the 1998 World Cup represents the absoulute condemnation of Glenn Hoddle and his leadership. Ironically, Glenn Hoddle progressed the England team, but he left out the players that were most like him!!! And if he included the likes of Le Tissier and Gascoigne then maybe English football history would have been different!!! So Much Love To Le Tissier!!! From all the English that know WE'VE been so short changed. Lee :-(
what a bs... if he was underrated, why would chelsea pay so much for him...? it was his choice to stay in southhampton... point... he could be a bigger star, if he wanted it.... but he dont... but that dont mean underrated... not everybody need millions to be happy... some are happy to play with friends and in the club they love.... and i bet all i have, he had ever enough money to eat and to heat his home...
what is the background song you use here and most your videos? thanks
sure. just talk like normal in your next video lmaooooo
Not only an incredible player but he had a heart of gold as well. I remember someone asking for his autograph to give to his dad who was in hospital and was a great fan so Le Tiss went with him to the hospital to surprise him. How many footballers would do that? 👏🏻👏🏻
1% maybe.
Actually most would do that in front of camera. Question is how many would do that without cameras/social media?
More than you think
And he was loyal to his club, too. Again, how many modern players can you say that about?
Coling8176 is absolutely right; he spent more time in the Junior / Young Saints office signing autographs than any other team member according to the guy who used to run the office there at the Dell. @@03685002
I remember xavi saying that whilst he was at La Masia they all use to crowd round the tv to watch motd and they would see Le Tissier score bangers every game and were left amazed at how good he was. Xavi also was surprised he didn't play for a bigger team. But yh the guy scored bangers but it wasn't just the bangers, it was how nonchanantly he did it. Fantastic player
Incredible
Le Tissier had offers to leave but he refused all of them, he was extremely loyal to his club
Very true. I grew up watching his goals. Some amazing volleys and I think the commentators on sky would always say “they show his goals in Brazil you know?!” To give that extra cred. Always hurt me that he couldn’t start for England. I think it was in an era where England didn’t appreciate these kind of qualities. Have to also say. I know he’s been effectively “cancelled” but to me he’s a great guy.
@@RemofRenaissance He got "cancelled" but he's not really that controversial with his takes "at least the ones I have seen". He is just extremely pro-English. Which tbf makes sense considering how loyal he was to his club and country his entire career.
@@symptomofsouls ... You know what? I think everything is so over the top these days. As a black man born in London... I take no offence to anything Le Tiss has said and think he's a great stand up guy. One of my friends actually met him at a anti vaccine march I think a year or 2 ago. That was probably something else that solidified his "cancelling". 😞.
I met le Tisser once and asked him if he had any regrets from football, thinking he'd say not joining a big side, he said that one missed penalty that Mark Crossley saved he was ashamed for missing one.
legendary 😂
Technically he didn't miss, the keeper saved it.
Even if did have regret, you think he"d confess it to you😂???
@@TheForgotten__1tomato potato
@@rc.... Yes and no 🤔😂
He scored 161 goal in English top division in a bottom dweller club, keeping them up singlehandedly year after year for his whole career. Last one to do it, it will never be done again. Unbelievable footballer, and a class act.
Wasn't even a striker
Similar to Alan Shearer remaining at Newcastle and sacrificing silverware that he would obviously collected from higher level clubs
Just a shame he's now a raving bonkers conspiracy theory lunatic - probably lunches quite often with David Ike
At least on the defensive end, I'd assert Shay Given kept Newcastle grounded, he went to Manchester City then they got relegated. Even an announcer said "score remains Liverpool 0 Shay Given 0" when he was playing Torres, Gerrard, etc.
Pretty much what toney has done at brentford
For about 4-5 seasons in a row Le Tiss had his own goal of the season competition. His lack of England caps was down to the sad fact managers only picked players from the top teams back then
If you look at my recent poll, it seems there are so many that dont know about him, so I had to put respect on his name 🤝
It's probably an age thing, I'm 45 and watched his whole career.
Would you say he was underrated by England team managers?
@@paksta he probably didn't work hard enough to be fair....amazing to watch though, as the post said, goal of the season was the Le Tissier show when I was a kid
At the time there was the question about how a team needed to be built around him. They shoehorned him in a few times at left wing but he was never made the crux of the team. He was every fans choice but not the managers. When Glen Hoddle became manager there was a consensus he would become more central b/c they were similar players but it never really happened.
Le Tissier is by far the most overlooked player in English footbal and one of my favorite players of all time. He had class, technique, skills and an exquisite touch for a finisher lethal move on each goal, free kick or penalty. Simply, brilliant.
The English FA only capped him as France were asking if he wanted to represent them.
And loyalty.
He also had integrity and a love for his club together with abundant loyalty which is why he stayed at unfashionable Southampton (his boyhood club) which meant he was continually overlooked to play for his country which is a travesty!
Brian Clough wins that award. 251 goals in 274 games only to receive two caps (albeit from Div2 but everyone played for their local side in those days). Was then criminally overlooked for the managerial post too.
At a time when England were mostly awful as well. Criminal
I'm from Croatia. I had 13 years when I first saw Mr. Le Tissier play on Euorsport goals report. I've never seen before and after anyone top his elegance. Matt is The GOAT in my eyes. On playfield, and even more off field. True Jedi Master
LeJedi 😂
Kinkladze got close for a while. Then there was Ronaldinho. A true conessuier may refer to Lee Trundle, but there's not much more of the fluid, languid lads who looked like it was all about having fun first.
The jedi master is the best description of tissier I've ever heard, will use that from now on
Pozdrav 👍
@@RaymarFootballExcellent! Le Jedi. I’ll let him know.😊
I remember a night match , Man City were playing Southampton at Maine Rd . LeTissier was about 18 , I'd never heard of him . He ripped us to pieces. It was probably the best performance I've ever seen live . What a player . He might be underrated, but not by me .
I'm from Southampton, was a season ticket-holder at the Dell throughout Matt's career and yes, he was an absolute genius. I'm pretty sure Platini and even Pele said if he was Brazillian, he'd be in the national team all the time so it's criminal that he didn't get much of a chance for England.
I think they did say that , and litterally all of couldn't understand why Matt wasn't a regular England player
Being from the channel islands he could represent half a dozen national teams, LeTiss even said himself that Platini approached him to play for France @@ThomasDoubting5
England managers have their favourites and they always get picked whether they're injured, out of form or whatever.
I think for Le Tissier, the best example of that was Glenn Hoddle, he absolutely idolised him as a kid and knowing that Hoddle suffered from the same thing, you'd think he'd realise Le Tiss's talent but of course, Hoddle was very....well....Hoddle.
Typical fa bumboys
Xavi's best player according to interviews. That's all that's needs to be said of how good Le Tissier was. He ripped players apart at walking pace when they we all running.
I think the world-cup winning Alan Ball used to say it the best when he'd tell the rest of the team "if we get the ball, give it to Matthew, he's better than you...he's something special".
Question is, could he have gotten into that Barcelona team. If so, how would they have utilised him?
one club man, le god we never forget forever le tiss ❤🤍❤🤍
@@marktaylor6491Xavi would have been on the bench.
Xavi also said that about Scholes. So, who knows. I do think "Le God" was awesome.
I saw many of those goals at The Dell. What a player. That little ground was viscerally atmospheric on a rainy midweek night under floodlights and then Matt would break from midfield and score a brilliant goal. A man of real principle who know's where he stands and keeps to those principles
My dad used to work at the Dell (Saints old stadium) and he became really good friends with him. After my dad left, 15 years past where they never saw each other again. He came into Toys R Us where I worked at the time and said "Your *my dads names* boy aren't you?" bare in mind I'd met him once when I was 6. I said "Yeah how did you know?" and he said "You're the spitting image of him". We then spoke for about 45 mins and I told him how my dad had to retire early due to a massive stroke and he then asked for his number. I didn't get in trouble for talking to him so long as being in Southampton, everyone of my managers was star struck and too scared to interrupt us. 11 years on and he and my dad still meet up once a month and call each other every other day! Ask anyone in Southampton and you'd understand why we hold him in such high esteem. I know I do, and I'm not a Saints fan!
I'm Uruguayan. We don't take icons lightly. We still have our 1930s and 1950s players as our very best. Make no mistake Gazza and Matt were TERRIFYINGLY good. He indeed was/is LE GOD.
LE GOD FROM GUERNSEY 🇬🇬 🐐🐐🐐
Gaza was nothing compared with Le Tissier, he could have been but was just a drunk.
@@Paterleano I meant compared to Scholes, Owen, Beckham, Lampard, both Gazza and Matt had more talent on the cuticle of their left toe than those four combined. They were wizards of the unthinkable. Maybe Gazza was just a tad tiny little bit more inconsistent than Le Tessier but Beckham absolutely SOILED himself in WC98 with that tackle and the freaking media instantly forgave him because he was cute while Gazza missed that PK on 96 and he was crucified. Why because neither he nor Matt were good looking so the press treated them unfairly every single freaking game of their entire lives. I hate them, specially The Sun.
Beckham got sent off in the World Cup 1998 not 1994!!
@@davidsaville5239 Correct. Its the same principle still.
Whoa, no one talks about Matt Le Tissier, but i can think of only a handful of players who can consistently hit those volleyes, with their first touch. His control, and composure as he gets closer to the goal is insane. Zidane might have been the greatest midfielder no doubt, but even he did not have Le Tissier's clinical finishing. As a midfielder, that is some different class. We can always trust Raymar to either remind us of a forgotten legend, or introduce us to a new one. Amazing video about a truly phenomenal player.
Very well said Shiv, I couldn't have put it better myself.
Le Tiss was world class to me, his compusure as you say was amazing, He was so balanced on the ball and could shoot with either foot. The mark of a genius player is one who seems to have all the time in the world on the ball and Gazza plus Le Tiss had that in droves.
I’m glad I could share his legendary story with more people ❤️ much love brother
@@RaymarFootball Love watching your videos, always looking forward to the next one.
Thanks for this Matt Le Tissier tribute. Although he chose to stay at a small club and miss out on honours he was admired by all football fans at the time. His loyalty to a humble club contributed to his cult hero status. It's important to say that everyone acknowledged his brilliance in the 90s.
I played against him, I'm also from Guernsey and the same age, he played foe la mare de cateret, they smashed everyone 15, 16-0, I was our goalkeeper and they beat us 8-0, I was very happy with that, he was a freak of nature, incredibly talented footballer.
that’s incredible sir 😂 appreciate you sharing your experience haha
ueyyy i'm also from guernsey 🇬🇬
How do Guernsey, Le Tissier and _Le God_ stack up to the "English kid" of the title?
So in Guernsey there are French surnames everywhere from the history of the island, meaning that he got the name 'Le God' because of the French roots. Guernsey is apparently part of England and also speak English so he is sort of an 'English kid'
@@grahamgrahamm Dude, Guernsey is not and never has been "part of England" - it's a left-over from the Duchy of Normandy and now a Crown Dependency. That's why I was asking someone from Guernsey how they feel about it. Are you from Guernsey?
Without doubt the most technically gifted English player of his generation. Criminal that he was given so little chance at international level. They should have built the England team around him.
Himself and Gazza were both technical geniuses, the two best english players i've seen and they haven't been matched since.
Imagine if he just committed to play for France instead
Him and Gazza in the same team..wow.
@@RaymarFootball80 caps easily and a World Cup medal.
@@RaymarFootball Not possible, Guernsey is close to France but the vast majority of Guernsey folk don't have French heritage for quite a few generations - Le Tissier is very much a Guernsey name and his family would be from Guernsey and not France He qualified for England because Guernsey's FA sits underneath the English FA
As a Southampton fan, this video is everything for those that don’t know about our biggest legend. What a player!
had to put respect on his name 🫡 💯
All hail "Le God"
wasted his entire career!
@@jamminwithmatt5313Not to us saints fans.
Why wasn't he playing for England? Don't really remember him as an England national player throughout the 90s but remember him being really well rated on football PC games.
From a life long Saints fan, he was absolutely magic and is an absolute gentleman and all round top bloke, i met him once at a school football promotional event, they say you should never meet your heroes, but this didnt apply here, what an absolute legend ❤
Totally agree, I was fortunate enough to meet him a couple of times, totally down to earth guy even though he possessed a talent that only a handful of people had. I watch far, far less talented players than him who somehow think they're gods gift, nah Son, there's only one Le God 🙏
I'm a Southampton fan now living on the Wirral so meet a lot of Liverpool and Everton fans. The amount of love and respect those fans have for Le Tiss is incredible. An absolute footballing genius. Thanks for great tribute!
The greatest penalty-taker ever. And a brilliant footballer and man, who has not sold his soul to the machine!! 🐐❤️🇿🇦
nah he's an utter wanker but he was a fantastic footballer.
Graham Alexander was also brilliant. I think they both ever missed one.
Dennis Irwin!
@@jamminwithmatt5313 That's a name I haven't heard in ages. Wonder what he's doing.
Pano never missed with over 50 taken
Finally Matt Le Tissier getting his flowers. What a player!!! He is the love of the game.
I had to 🫡 💐
Everyone who lived through the Le Tiss era knew he was the best penalty taker on the planet. His footballing skills were simply astounding!
very true 💯
one club man, le god we never forget forever le tiss ❤🤍❤🤍
The volley off the free kick, and that chipped goal he had are two of the most outrageous goals history
You don't often get the Liverpool fans in the Kop give a standing ovation for an opposing player for scoring a sublime goal against their team. They did for Matt Le Tissier. The most talented English footballer of his generation without any doubt.
One of top five English footballers ever in terms of technique, ball control and shot, without exaggeration! Not playing for the national team was a tragedy and it explains a lot why England failed to win anything in the 90s and 00s. Also a great and honorable person, a man any club or national team would wish!
Well Brazil won World Cups in 2002 and 1998 France In 1998 so it would been pretty anyway the best chance was for England was 1996 by 2000 Le Tissier was past his best
Not a bad take 🤝
@@natureclips5849what?
@@krismcreynolds984exactly, couldn’t win the World Cup in 96 as it was the European championship hosted by England
@@RaymarFootballreally?because dude says both Brazil and France won the 1998 World Cup 😂 and 1996 was a European championship, best chance was 94 when he was at his peak but the manager didn’t pick him and England didn’t qualify
If this guy had been born in Spain, he would have had 100+ caps for Spain and been the centrepiece of a Barcelona/Real Madrid team of the 90s That's how good he was! He was the original Number 9, if only England would have played with one!
So true, heck he should have just played for France they actually wanted him
Gazza kept him out the England team for a while as they both played the same position.
He wasn't underrated at the time. Back in the 90s, he was a fan favourite no matter what club you supported. It was just a case that Matt played for Southampton and told everyone else to get stuffed, and you had to love him for it even more. He was like a ballet dancer, moving in slow motion.
Unbelievably skilful player was Matt Le Tissier. I grew up watching him (as a Spurs' fan) and people forget how good he was with both feet. Predominantly right-footed but he had a fantastic left foot as well. He was an entertainer. An absolutely fantastic player and sporting legend.
Don’t often thank content creators, but you’ve done Matt a great justice to bring this to more people’s attention, especially the criminal lack of international selection by the pathetic under achieving England management over the years.
Appreciate it 🙏 Feels good to let more people know of this underrated legend
@@RaymarFootball he’s never been underrated, but thanks again.
@@GeorgeLista More like under-appreciated haha
@@RaymarFootball no, not under appreciated either 😅 not trying to be negative or an ass about this, but people throw this term of underrated and under appreciated around without really thinking about it. Matt was neither. He’s a legend and still to this day, other legends mention him in with more mainstream legends. Not being more mainstream or exposed via major clubs doesn’t make you underrated or under appreciated. No need to even label him that way. What you’ve done is added to his exposure and widened the audience awareness. One of my favourite players was mentioned by Maradona himself as better than him… and yet practically everyone I mention him to never heard of him. Can’t say he’s under appreciated or under rated when Maradona once said the dude was better than he was… hope you understand this is written constructively and not a personal criticism towards you.
I was a season ticket holder at Southampton for all most of Matt Le Tiss career. He was the best player I've ever seen. England should have built a team around him and they would have won titles. Sadly the England Managers at the time had grudges against him for not signing for them when they managed league clubs.
I’m a Southampton fan and watched Matt a number of times. He certainly kept Southampton in the Premiership and worth millions because of that. Thanks for good biography. ⚽️
thank you for the kind words ❤️
one club man, saints for life
Mathew is one of a kind, never look like a footballer, but yet a very gifted one. What a player! Dude carried a team. I always wondered why he so overlooked.
man literally did carry them indeed
At a time in England's history when a lot of very talented ' Flair ' players were criminally underused or simply overlooked completely ! Wonderful and fully effective player !
I'm a Saints fan, so obv. not dissing them - but you have to remember that he did this in a team that was at best mid table in the prem. He also single handedly kept them up a few seasons. Also, fitting that he scored the last goal at The Dell in the dying minutes of the game to beat Arsenal 3-2.
Yup he was really Le God saving Southampton his entire career 😂
Mark Crossley came to my school playing field on outreach when I was a kid. We all got to take penalties against him. Obviously all is kids were allowed to score. Then the local club first team showed up. He saved definitely 50%+, diving on rock hard local playing field. Penalty saving legend.
And the next pen Le Tissier took against Crossley… of course he scored.
damn thats dope! class guy 👏
Definitely one of the greatest. Man with immense genuine integrity! 🙏 Saint Matt Le Tissier
As an owner of his DVD, he was always one of my favourite players…..class player. When he came to our ground and scored, it was such a class strike that the home crowd gave him a standing ovation…..then got “Big nose, he’s got a f***ing big nose” to which he turned, smiled and waved to the crowd
Matt was an absolute legend as a footballer and is an even better human being
sfc till I die, le god one club man
As a life long saints fan (49) I concur with everything you said. He is still an incredible guy with so much integrity. They don't make them like that anymore.
If he played today he would be a record signing 😂
Never considered him a midfielder, more a second striker in the mould of bergkamp or sheringham. The most skilful English player by a distance in the last 30 years.
Matt was a World Class Footballer and is a World Class Human Being
Matt Le Tissier never let football go to his head. He didn't need to: he was so good with his feet.
😂😂😂😂😂❤ Spot on comment just like Le God Penaltys 😅
what about Jari Litmanen? percentage of 98, where he missed just one of his 49 penalty attempt
That man is over hated by kids because of fifa😂
And he was a fantastic numero 9,but he wasn't Matt Le Tissier!
Yes I heard he was good at Finish.
Litmanen was pure class
Jari Litmanen scored 38 out of 39 not 49
Followed Matt, through his career, as a Saints fan, when he was playing you never knew when something special was going to happen, genuinely nice guy. He would sit with fans at away games from time to time. Not many players would do that. Football genius
I absolutely loved watching Matt LeTissier play football! He was so silky, and had an amazing shooting ability! Even though I'm a Celtic supporter, i still to this day have a soft spot for Southampton directly because of my admiration for LeTissier!!
He was always a feature on the goal of the season chart...So Underrated
no joke when I say he has some of the most insane goals I’ve ever seen
@@RaymarFootball without a doubt bro
I'm not even a Southampton supporter, but this man is an absolute legend who doesn't Know how to score boring goals. He also could have been an absolute legend for England, but unfortunately. Never given a proper chance to represent his country.
James Milner is a footballing legend. There's no other modern player can compare to his achievements and longevity. He deserves everyone of his England caps.
The man was my idol growing up being a saints fan, I was lucky to see him live many times. Pure class.
Le Tissier was given a roaming role that gave him the freedom to play his own game. He was a great player and overlooked mainly because of his loyalty to Southampton which was often portrayed by the media as a lack of ambition. He certainly achieved his goal of being an entertainer and was almost always a contender for goal of the month/season.
yup truly a legend for that, sad how he wasn’t given more mainstream respect
An incredibly gifted player, but I'm not aware of any 'big' club (except maybe Chelsea?) wanting him. I wonder why? At Southampton, he had a free role, he could do as he pleased. I can't imagine Alex Ferguson saying 'do whatever you like, don't bother with tackling or defending.' At a big club he would have been expected to 'work hard/put in a shift , which he was never required to do at the Saints. (The really great players of his time (Zidane, Cantona, Pirlo, Xavi, Iniesta) were not only very talenfed but worked very hard for their teams. Even had he been born French, Italian or Brazilian, he'd have won no more than a few caps. No national team would have been built around him.
He kinda reminds me of Dennis Bergkamp. He is so skilful, yet calm and relaxed with so much composure
I find Bergkamp strange asf. Guy never smiled. Football is emotion but he didnt seem to have lol.
I love videos like this man, so great to relive the days of all time great players who haven’t gotten the recognition they deserve
This is the guy that I show to my friends when they want to discuss about great goals. He was not a midfielder he was a second striker.
that james milner slander at the end was truly unwarrented
I’m sorry 😭😭
Let's not forget his amazing passing. A video on that would be a better video than most top strikers goal videos
Not only from the midfield, but playing for Southampton, who with respect were a mid table team at best. He was amazing.
A tremendous player. As a man he's even better, standing up against the establishment, to shed some light on the truth behind the pandemic. He fought on despite losing his job and has now been fully vindicated! Well done Matt!
hIs 98 England hat-trick was for the England B-Team against Russia, where he also hit the cross bar and post. Chris Sutton subsequently refused to play for the England B-Team when Le-Tissier didn't make the first team saying something like 'what's the point?' England are the only national team who would not play their best player, the world missed out on not seeing Matt Le Tissier destroy them. He was that good and there are plenty of stats to confirm it.
It's easy to forget Matt le Tissier because of his lack of caps and trophies, so it's a joy to see these goals again, particularly the looks from the opposition players, who often just looked stunned, or as if they are about to applaud him.
It’s not easy to forget a real life living legend. And for the right reasons too .
Matt was not just a good penalty taker. He just applied his insane skills in penalties, putting the ball where he wanted all the time. He just had insane shooting precision. Absolute legend.
Excellent montage of Le God. As a 50 year plus supporting Tractor Boy, we had our own great midfielders albeit in the '70's/80's: workhorses - Talbot & Wark, and artists - Muhren & Thijssen. However, MLT was on another level to these Town greats .. the most gifted natural player I've ever seen.
If Puskas award was ever to be renamed, it should change to Le Tissier award. Nobody has scored as many bangers as this guy. Thank you for making this video!
That's not true really, there have been a few players that have scored more than enough bangers to be up there with him. He absolutely is criminally underrated, but he doesn't stand alone at the top
I'd be voting it to be the Hagi award😂
it’s sad how under appreciated he was outside of Saints fans back in the day
My favourite player of all time, loved watching him play, worth the price of my season ticket every year. Magical.
+1
I’m from Singapore and loved watching him play. Amazing balance, superb with both feet and loads of skill. Could never understand why he didn’t feature prominently for England. Thanks for the memories!
He was literally a one man team. Le God was truly a well deserved nickname for him. I used to watch him during my younger days and always kept wondering how England kept leaving him out of their squads. Criminally under-rated, under appreciated and under valued. The English, like I have said many times before, have always valued players with work ethic rather than pure talent. Such was the case with Le God. He deserved more and also deserved better. However, in the end, the chap is happy. I quite like his character. A humble yet immensely talented individual. A Saint who played for the Saints and ended up as Le God. A truly remarkable story. Even today, the English can't recognise talent. Just look at their squad. Lol.
yeah it’s kind of sad, but he was truly Le God
I think any good team will have 2-3 truly talented individuals, and the rest are solid dour professionals. The great Liverpool teams of the 70s and 80s were like that. Too many talented individuals like Matt, and you get a team with too many leaders and showmen.
I don't think you know what 'literally' means.
@@fugginbazza really? Educate me then.
@@StevenSmith-mv4ge Don't bother with the prick.
I used to love watching him and Bergkamp, when the EPL was still fun and really exciting imo.
Thanks for sharing this Raymar, love learning about someone new :). For myself I’d hang my hat on our old Captain Mark Noble. What a penalty taker he was.
Not a west ham fans but i have so much respect for him. I remember a couple years back i think, a match against man united where he was called from the bench just take the penalty and he missed, i'm cheering for united but feel sad for Mark Noble
😂oh yeah forgot about that ...brilliant
Thank you for the love ❤️ Glad I could share his story. Noble scored 90% so that is not a bad choice at all
What a great video, I only ever went to a handful of Saints games but watched his brilliance dancing around opposing players with his effortless skill of ball control. He has a great reputation amongst Saints fans
I am from The Netherlands. Watched the premier league a lot in those days. Always a pleasure to see Le Tissier perform his magic. Stunning player. He was up there with Bergkamp. Mind boggling that he played so little for the national team.
As a supporter we like players like him, playing for beauty instead of being a common runner. Huge respect for Le Tissier
Finally a video to celebrate a true incredible footballer, one of the most finest of all time. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️ Glad I could share his story to newer/younger fans
@@RaymarFootball your videos are always amazing mate, keep on with the great work! Thank you!👍
You also have to bear in mind the fact that when Le Tissier played for them Southampton were at best a mid table team and always in the lower half of the Premier league after it began in 1992. I think their best season while Le Tissier was a player was 7th in 89/90 in the old Division 1. Several times they avoided relegation by just a few points. So they were often playing in relegation dogfights, and undoubtedly Le Tissier was regularly the difference between Southampton staying in the PL or getting relegated. With a better supporting cast around him he could have been a player of Messi's stature, winning titles, European trophies and international honours. But to his eternal credit he stayed loyal to his first professional team, undoubtedly to his career's detriment.
This is a great channel. Almost a history of football Channel. Learning so much about old school players from here. In an era where Messi vs Ronaldo has been beaten to death, its nice to appreciate and learn about other players that can before
Appreciate the kind words and support 🙏
When I saw the poll yesterday I was almost sure that the next video will be about him. Remember when I was a kid and watching his goals on YT, never seen this amount of spectacular goals by a player.
hehe it was too obvious wasnt it 😂
Truly a great player and an even nicer guy. Loved watching him when I was younger. He made everything look so easy.
Watched him a few times when Southampton came to Derby, in the warm up his ball skills were Fantastic. Great Player!
When he's in the box, he isn't looking to take a dive. You know you have to stop him or he is going to score. It changes the way the defenders defend and makes the keepers hands really sweaty.
very good point
Great video. Unbelievable player and correctly labelled as criminally underrated
Couldn't agree more!
The English National team is renown for having word class talent and then ensuring it doesn't get used. Matt Le God is one of the greatest to ever strike a ball, 6 Caps is a crime against Talent. Paul Gascoigne who was ignored and shunned for years and after joining Glasgow Rangers as no English team wanted him. His skill, determination and personality made him a legend to Rangers, the noise loud enough to force a place in the England squad, his goal against Scotland both agony and the only time I've ever applauded and England goal. If Messi was English, he'd be too small. That's the attitude of that nation and its team and why Le God is known only by the lovers of the game!
well said my man 😂
I love his goal v blackburn and the fact he told flowers he was gonna knock his towel down 😅😅😅
These days Matt talks a lot of common sense. Some don't like it, but he's bang on with his viewpoint. Well done Matt, keep saying what us in the streets want to hear.
He's completely lost his nut, I wonder what really happened to him? Like he's absurdly disconnected from reality somehow, it's a bit sad really.
@@HankyPanky44 Oh yeah? Anything in particular that makes him "mad"? Go on, I dare you, just one of his views that hasn't been distorted by the media for going against "the message"?
I think it’s just he’s talking a lot of conspiracy theory nonsense and that why saints sacked him. When you hear him talking about conspiracies it’s illuminating he doesn’t talk about imperial evidence and critical thinking but rather media manipulation and control by other of prevailing views. He’s a footballer, he isn’t that well educated so his views aren’t to be taken seriously but it’s important he is not given a platform for unevidenced pub talk; it should stay in the saloon.
How no England manger never play him and gascoigne in the same team is nothing short of criminal
I’m from Guernsey and he was criminally overlooked by England but what a great player, he scored some of the very best Premier League goals of all time, thank you for the video great for others to see how great he was 👍🇬🇬
I was lucky enough to be growing up during Le Tissier's prime as a saints fan and going to nearly all the games watching nearly all his great goals live. He really did have a aura about him on a football pitch, not just the goals and assists but his touch, his passing, his dribbling, he could beat players with ease and showed you didn't need speed to beat someone. He was a dead ball specialist, and the fans bowed to him when he would take corners. Its good he is finally getting the recognition he deserves just a little late.
Total respect for Matt, not only for the unbelievable entertainment he gave us, but for his integrity, courage, and honesty in speaking up recently. He could never sell out to the system like so many others, because he was never motivated by money. You're a legend Matt LeTissier, and an inspiration.
personally don’t agree with some of his covid takes but besides that he truly is a class guy
@@RaymarFootballEnjoyed the video, but yes, stick to football and don't try thinking too hard.
@@RaymarFootball Sounds like you listen to mainstream media news.
@@antonfenech I share bipartisan views
I didn't know Le Tissier till now. I wonder why no one talks about him as a legend after I just seen his shots. Great video Raymar, love your content. Since 2020 during covid in my zoom class I saw your world cup conspiracy theory. And from there I saw you videos get better and better. Love from Fluiad ❤❤❤
Glad I could share this legend’s story with you all ❤️
I grew up watching him, he just wasn't driven enough...physical talent of ZZ but not the same mentality. Could have been en England legend...either way, he was a joy to watch
That free cick when he flicks it up and sends it into the top corner is total world class. I don't I have ever seen another free kick taken like that.
Matt Le Tiss single handedly got me into watching football. At my first even live game, in a cup match, he scored a world class volley that doesn’t get much rotation in his goal compilations (cos it wasn’t in the Prem). We used to always arrive early for matches to watch him do shooting practice. It was worth the entrance fee in itself!
I'm from Brazil, me and my brother never understood why this fella never got that appealing on the national team. What A shame. I can say that he was one the best for ME, I mean, one the best, ever. Englanders sometimes are strange.
Raymar never disappoints with a video
appreciate all the support brother james ❤️🙏
My first reaction was he had never been underrated, then I realise I was 16 when he was playing ans football was my obsession. I'm so happy you're bringing his brilliance to a new generation
I loved this video. A lot of great memories seeing these clips
I see Matt differently. He lacked ambition. He felt fine in Southampton. Wouldn't move to Arsenal. Which is fine by me too but Southampton wasn't competing for anything really. There was no real pressure, no need for consistency. How can you put a guy like the in your national team? Against the best of the best. He basically chose to stay low but with England every game is under huge scrutiny. Sir Alex Ferguson once said that Le Tissier was the kind of player he would never pick in his team, but that he did not want to see him in the team his side were up against next. That says it all about Matt really. I think he was brilliant at what he did with Southampton. But I can understand why England managers didn't want to pick him.
Criminally underrated and now smeared by the English media due to having uncommon sense and speaking against the lies. Thank you for making such a positive video about a great player and having met him fairly recently, a great person too 🙏
He's an absolute legend and, yes, he's absolutely right about the jabs. He questioned the increase in heart conditions since the rollout - correctly so. Abu Ogogo, for example, was supposedly ruled out for a month with "inflammation around the heart muscle" in December 2021. He quietly retired - in fact, all his social media accounts have been dormant since. Is it unreasonable to question this? And what about the likes of Ryan Bowman, Charlie Wyke, John Flack, Christian Eriksen, Enoch Mwepu, Potchu Mendes, Victor Lindelof to name a few?! And all the medical emergencies in crowds (which is still happening)? Le Tissier was absolutely right to query all this.
I’m from Spain I remember as a teen randomly seeing videos of Le Tissier and I was amazed. He had Michael Laudrup technique and style with an added fricking good right foot
Matt is one of the best to have done it in England and yes he is extremely underrated or at least not talked enough. Should have played more for England. His goal highlight package is something else.
A great player and a great guy, sadly some are trying to cancel him due to his personal beliefs. Oddly enough, the same manager who didn't pick him for the England squad for France '98 himself got cancelled and now both are touring next year with each other. Hoddle and Le Tissier in the same room... epic!
He’s a racist wouldn’t say great guy
England went out on penalties in 98 and Le Tissier was / is the best penalty taker in the Premier League!😅
koeman was a beast, he was truly incredible
an anomaly of a defender
I'm an AS Roma fan and I remember Le Tissier very well. Fantastic champion. Didn't know the terrific percentage at scoring penalties, just wow! Only 8 caps with England is embarrassing for the national team managers that left him out...🤦🏻♂️ He's the type of player that represents football for what it is: a game, fun, exciting and spectacular. 🔥🔥🔥👏
I remember in the 90s always watching tv that showed the premier league for Bergkamp, Yeboah and Le Tissier. They only scored beautiful goals. And Yeboah had a thing for using the crossbar in his goals. Perfection.