TIMECODES 0:00 Matt Le Tissier 1:16 My Attitude Towards Football 9:06 Football Lost it’s ‘chaos’ 19:41 DONE-FOR-YOU SERVICES 20:02 Football Isn’t Fun Anymore 41:40 Being Famous 46:45 Being Sacked From SKY 1:03:00 Free Speech 1:10:33 Life After SKY 1:17:48 Speaking Out 1:22:23 Football Has Changed 1:34:00 Mainstream Media 1:37:36 Saudi Pro League, England & Best Pundits
Hi,i added a comment before seeing Yours. I guess what i felt was pretty much what people with a heart felt. I was pleased to see it wasn`t just me. Cheers Mate
@@polaris7122 proper humans do what they want when they want, just like his football. The bookies are the biggest thieves and I will always cheer anyone who gets one over them
I think the football is better now generally speaking . Watch Man City when they are on their game and it’s incredible to watch and they’d beat any team from the days when ale Tissier played.
@@christopherwhittaker2620only Man City watch arsenal, chelsea Man Utd and Liverpool play and half the time the players can’t even cross a ball intelligently to a player just hit and hope. Most of football today is just pace and power no technical ability whatsoever.
@@christopherwhittaker2620To a certain extent I agree with you, however I find it very difficult to finish watching man city games. Like matt said, no is really interesting watching the team passing the 50 times before creating a chance. City games usually becomes dull and boring when you watch them
@@ntsikeleloncalane7442 I guess it’s horses for courses.The ability to keep possession, for let’s collet long length of time is an art in itself as far as I’m concerned. But I hear you. The best way I can put it is watch the Manchester City goal when they are playing at their best and then compare it to A goal from teams of the past, and I don’t think there’s any competition to be honest. But I said I hear you, you make a fair point.
@@christopherwhittaker2620 I think man city is much more enjoyable when u watch them I guess. I think what I'm trying to relay is that, flair and skill is dead in football. You have athlete who happen to know how to kick the ball rather than players who are just pure footballers. Players get mad today because someone did a rainbow flick on them, they label it as "disrespectful"
My favourite player ever and that's from a forest fan Great interview..... matts a national treasure ......and I find it hard to dis agreee with any of his political views Top bloke 👏
Matt gets a lot of stick in the media for his in my opinon common sense views. He puts his views over in a very calm and polite way but for some reason the mainstream are out to nail him. Its worrying how how divided we all are now... and there seems to be no room for debate anymore 🤔. You're a top bloke Matt 👍
I loved Matt as a footballer. His Goals were poetry in motion. It is the first time i`ve watched Him as a mere mortal,and i Love Him even more. What a fantastic,candid insight into to a true great. A very talented interviewer really helped.
I'm 43 years of age now and I look back to the 1990s football and footballers they were exciting days. As someone said "the problem with the good old days is that nobody tells you that at the time". I wouldn't swap the era of my childhood and teenage years with today's Times and I'm probably biased but at the same time never lived with rose tinted glasses.
No you're right. Check out some games played back then and you will see it was much exciting. It was all about attack. If a player went down screaming like a girl back then his own players would rip into him. Modern football IMHumbleO is slow and often boring.
Does anyone remember the Championship Manager add in the mid 90s in computer magazines? It said 'Le Tissier for England' and it was what most fans wanted at the time. Out of all the English players, Xavi said he was most the fan of Le Tissier and Scholes
Most important thing I've got from this gem of podcast is As HUMANS we have difference of opinion let's not let that be a factor for us not to live together in harmony no matter what we disagree on, come to common terms n disagree RESPECTFULLY but unfortunately today pple call each other names n negativity sales Sad times of life/football YOU n I can change that by start being Kind to each other today
Yes. 'Be Nice'. I try to be kind to everyone I meet. It makes me feel good. Too many people are alone. Whether I'm picking up trash from a street or simply asking a shop assistant how their day is going? We all carry a message. Especially the elderly who don't have anybody to talk to.
the fact that this man can get attacked and vilified for being so laid back is beyond a joke. speaks so well with no hate or harm. just views. says it all about the woke society of controlled speech
@@foolonthehill731 It is very difficult to say if Matt would last in today's climate because, as he mentions in the podcast, players are consigned to play in systems and that can sometimes restrict a player's ability. Gordon Hill for Man Utd, in the 1970s, is a classic example of somebody who was told to track back more under new manager, Dave Sexton but this unfortunately affected his game.
@@damienabbott9805 Matt & Gazza, and those kind of instinctive players would be in my team any day, they can produce the unexpected if you know what I mean, they're not 'robots' so to speak?
Matt was a class player and also an even better man for what he stands for. His opinion on football today is bang on. 2024 is the year of the truth. We’re tired of the lies and garbage being fed down our throats. Football today is rubbish compared to the yesteryears. The peak was early 90s-2000s. The entertainers in the game are dead.
I agree.... BUT.... I think Matt Le Tissier would struggle in today's football because of his lack of pace, tracking back, fitness and discipline...... Loved watching him, his goals were all worldies.... but he'd never get that amount of time on the ball these days
As a Hammers fan living Chelsea when the Blues were owning the league and Europe. To think of Matt in that team? His name would've up there with the very best in the world.
great interview with le god good job Ben, ive subscribed saints fan now living in Canada. looking forward to a many great interviews - love this kind of content like the diary of CEO format. love it need more of this. good luck for the future.
Matt is bang on about so much, he’s one of very few people telling it how it is, as for football VAR and PLAY ACTING is infuriating, and he’s right the Ref still doesn’t book or send the player off for it which is baffling to me ,and the really sad thing is there’s no longer any real character’s in the game, it’s changed so much, it’s because very sanitised, and that’s boring 😖
He wasn’t. I grew up in the 90’s. He was wanted by all the top clubs. His goals was ridiculous, he chose himself to stay at Southampton. P.s he was very lazy aswell…which went against him. Not underrated at all tho.
Loved the 'chaos vs control' conversation. Probably why theres always been a Messi v Ronaldo debate, thats another 'Chaos (Ronaldo) vs Control (Messi) situation.
one of the best interviews ive watched..i'd of loved to have seen Matt,kevin keegan and charlie george in the same team..what a forward line that would have been.
Matt Le Tissier is a fan's player. And pro football players can only be pros because of the fans. Legend and should have been a 70 - 90 cap England player. 443 games and 161 goals career at a single club. Consistently great. Only a handful of players have a resumé like he does.
What a fantastic interview it went everywhere . Loved the story about the bloke in the pub , " you played for England didn't ya" ? yeah says Matt " got it ! Phil Tufnell , comedy gold . I almost fell out of the shower in hysterics , could've listened to that all day . Gonna give the Simon Jordan one a go now .😂
Le Tiss was an amazing player. A joy to watch, and had he been at Arsenal, or United, he'd be held in the regard that he deserves to be, but isn't because he was at Southampton. In recent years he has shown honesty, and integrity, in a world or cowards, and liars. I have absolute respect for this man. What a ledge!
Well here I am thanks to algorithms. Glad I am because I love what ex-proffesional footballers have to say. Especially someone so gifted with talent like Matt. As a player I thought he was exceptional. He made the game look beautiful and easy. A magnificent player.
Loved Matt such a wonder talent! Though I often think that when hes banging on about politics or agendas that the mainstream have.. hes actually doing the same thing. We need to keep politics out of football! Not just on the left leaning but right leaning aswell! Let sport be sport.
But it's okay for Gary Lineker? Because Gary's political views are in line with BBC and Government agendas? Gary Neville as well. It's either acceptable to have a political opinion or its not.... can't start cancelling and sacking people for their personal opinion and allowing others to spout theirs all over the place if theirs I'd considered acceptable to whoever is deciding what opinion is acceptable. The FA showed political support for LGBTQ but the second they were threatened to have Harry Kane banned for one match if he wire a rainbow armband they dropped the opinion... showing how much they really think of it.... they also lit up Wembley in Ukraine colours but wouldn't do it for Israel after October 7th because they're shit scared of aggressive Muslims. The exact same reason they shit themselves in Qatar and dropped the rainbow armband. And the Police stand there allowing Muslims to shout vile abuse and hatred towards Jews on the street right in front of them and do nothing but if a fan shouts a homophobic slur in a stadium they kick his door off at 6am 24 hours later, have him in court and his name splattered in papers and on BBC sport... The police, government and all authorities are frightened to death of upsetting Muslims here.... To such a point they literally allow them to abuse everyone else
Excellent chat. So many people are like sheep and will believe everything the BBC etc will tell them. He is also 100% right about VAR, there is far too much nepotism, the VAR officials are mates of the on field officials. The VAR should be 100% independent. Keith Hackett former head of PGMOL said this after the pathetic showing by the officials in the Newcastle vs Arsenal game.
EDIT: aaaah, it was actually about covid tests, not heart issues! He pointed out that clubs in the relegation zone had the most positive covid cases, e.g. trying to get the season cancelled. He simply voiced some ideas against the C0VID / V@ccIne narrative, like should we investigate heart issues, do youngsters need the shot and does the shot prevent transmission, all perfectly normal things to ask
He worked for a media company in the public eye. There’s things you can’t say and do , like it or not. My company is not media and not in the public eye, there’s still things I can’t express on….i must play the game or get sacked. He chose to not give a f , he got sacked. His fault no one else’s.
@@leonleon2276 absolutely, I can see why they had to remove him, it's all about protecting the brand, that's why we often end up with a post office scandal or jimmy saville scandal
"Underrated as a player" is an understatement. Technically, he is the best English player in history. Had he played for Liverpool or Man U, he would have had 200 caps. And I'm not a bitter Southampton fan, I'm a lifelong Aston Villa supporter. 😊
Would Matt ever consider being the next England Manager, because i could see an attacking and free flowing team using the skills of all players in their natural environment. he would let players play football the proper way.
When I was twenty in the 70s I wanted to play out from the back and use wingbacks . i got so frustrated with goalkeepers kincking long all the time. Diet was important in my game. Wenger brought a breath of fresh air to football.
With all due respect, in the 70s there was no passback rule and far too risky to play out from the back on those heavy muddy pitches. Playing out from the back is only possible now because the pitches are flat, fast and watered... trying to play that way on bobbly muddy pitches would have just been a disaster in those days. Even until the early to mid 90s it wouldn't have worked. Look at those heavy muddy pitches back then where the ball sticks. Come on mate? There was a reason gks kicked it long back then.... the ball wouldn't reach a full back along the surface most of the season
Says it all that a great player like Alan Ball who covered every blade of grass on the pitch during a game, knew the value of giving the star player freedom to do his job.
Hahaha, you obviously didn't watch him play live! To compare him with Alan Ball, and talk about covering every blade of grass, is the most stupid comment ever!
Great conversation. Love the comments during the conversation about Jamie Carragher about people trying to deny things because "they were AI generated". In Carragher's case, it was NI (no intelligence) generated.
Always like Matt great footballer, not flash at all well balanced, person can sit down have a good chat about anything not like crap overrated players today no class at all thinking there better than you and funnily quite a lot of professional ballers, are from council estates. They seem to forget very quickly where they come from Jokers
I was football daft, as a young kid and a teenager i played 4 games a week snd trained on the other games. I stopped watching football 20 years ago. Got bored watching balls kicked out the park to waste time. Talentless players who are just athletes. Fans cheering when their teams win a corner. The same rubbish every week when we hear. We need to take our chances. What a load of drivel. The same players will continue to miss chances. You can coach all you want, practise shooting, but a player will reach his maximum ability and if he cant shoot he cant shoot. Matt is right. I want to be entertained. People pay a lot of money, they work hard all week, then you hear managers say. Im not hear to entertain . Well im not here to spend hard earned money watching drivel. Another thing, theres nothing wrong with a one club player. They will always be put on a pedestal by their clubs fans. Better than the ones who kiss the jersey then a year later go somewhere else and kiss another jersey
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So they sacked Matt for just putting something on social media that some snowflake didn't like because they have to protect the reputation of the company but don't sack Charragher for gobbing in a childs face. The mind boggles.
It's too corporate now, I like the ideas of FC United & Wimbledon and the like who form their own fan based clubs, I'd rather support that, grass roots football, no bollocks
I have learned from my encounters with psychopaths that they have a tendency to do spiteful, childish things. You can make them your enemy for any reason. You may have a slightly different opinion or just say or do something that only an immature person would be upset by. They also do not understand sarcasm. They take it literally. I believe many leadership positions have been taken over by these characters. It tends to lead to organizations losing revenue, good and hardworking staff and failing to function properly.
One of the greatest ever footballers on the planet in my opinion……the planet that is course flat if you believe any of the tosh he spouts these days! 😂
You can’t speak out against this Tory government particularly during Covid, they were very sensitive and behaved like a bunch of snowflakes. Speaking truth to power is frowned upon in right wing Britain
Complete dinosaur. Today's players are 100% better technically right across the pitch. Every player in every position can control and pass better these days and are professional athletes at the same time. The 'headless chicken' analogy just isn't true. He's just bitter because he was lazy. Imagine him if he'd had worked hard as well. Southampton would have been so much better. At least people like Carragher have grown with the times and realise the modern game is so much better. Bitter man who is stuck in a time warp. If he thinks the modern game doesn't have chaos any more treat him to a ticket to Anfield.
No caps is England's loss, Matt was the missing piece. Playing against better opposition and scoring all the time, Euro '96 guaranteed, maybe even France '98.
Interesting interview Ben, but nothing on the content of what Matt believes in. Just everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Sounds great, but with that comes responsibility if you are in the public eye. You also appeared to agree with him that the things he voiced have since been proved correct. He was a decent footballer, but believes the world, and Sky are against him, and on that alone he is probably correct.
Agreed with virtually everything Matt said apart from his suggested demographic voting system. 51% of people voting in favour on an issue shouldn’t trump the 49% voting against it. If that would have happened over the last few years then every political message propagandised by main stream media would have been carried into law, despite nearly half the people voting against it. Democracy should be like science, it’s not about consensus it’s about achieving the correct outcome by conflict of interest free debate.
Bit of irony in Matt complaining about being canceled while also (correctly) telling Carra to take personal responsibility. Take responsibility for your comments. You weren't canceled, you canceled yourself.
It's funny how the TV money has gone down over the length of the new premier league contract. Why?? Because subscribers have had enough of the woke content and therefore not spending their hard earned cash on Sky and the ridiculous TV licence
If I were MLT then I wouldn't worry either. Sky were sacking everyone eventually making everything more woke, and therefore he and the others didn't stand a chance.
