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Matt Le Tissier I salute you!
What has happened to people today. I am sure if Spurs were to pay me 20 grand a week to play football I'd sign up to a 10 year contract in the blink of an eye.

I'd be living the dream, every child`s fantasy of playing for the team they support. Do players these days, no longer grow up as fans? Wayne Rooney had the chance to lead the line at Everton for 13+ years but turned it down for trophies, although we have since discovered that this is rubbish and he really just wanted the cash. Money is all they want. I'd like to believe the best players play for the best clubs because of the chance to play in the CL but look at City in the last 3 years, signing big name players with no CL footie and paying them a small fortune every week.

Would I be any different as a professional footballer? Would you? I'd like to think so but greed is sadly a part of human nature, we all want more. I thought Luka was different, I still think he's a bit different but a part of his soul died last week...or was it my soul, I'm not so sure. I'll still cheer him and sing his name but he is now just a mercenary like so many others. And so we come to Matt Le Tissier.

The Southampton team of the mid nineties was rubbish. I mean it really was terrible and yet he single handedly saved them from relegation about 4 times. He scored more goals from midfield than most strikers season after season, missed one out of 49 penalties, could have gone to Man Utd and sacrificed his England career due to his decision to stay with the Saints. Supremely talented he had the footballing world at his feet. For him though nothing gave him more pleasure than playing for the team he loved.

And what of him now? He's a living legend. Liked and respected by fans and players alike he earns a tidy sum for Sky Sports. He could walk into any bar in Southampton for the rest of his life and never have to buy a drink. Fans will always remember him. Sure there were other great midfielders from the nineties but who were they? You could think them if you tried, but none stick in the memory as much as Sir Matt. So hats off to you Mr Le Tissier. You saw the bigger picture and realised there is more to football than the $$$ and your life has continued to be successful long after your footballing retirement.

Despite your annoying pleasure at seeing Spurs going behind on Soccer Saturday I have the utmost respect for you and if players these days were to be half as loyal to their club as you were then game I love may not continually disappoint me...





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I thought we tried to sign Le Tissier when he was in his prime, probably wrong. As for this love thing for a club and it's supporters that's a thing of the past. These day's I would not trust any big name player we signed to stay at the club, or manager come to that, not for the love of the club or it's supporter's anyway, and it does not matter how much we love certain player's, as soon as a cheque is put on the end of a fishing line by the likes of United, City or Chelsea they will be reeled in while we are left with the small fry. We loved Berbastrop, we loved Campbell, a player we thought would be here untill he packed the game in, and look what happend. We could lose Bale and Modric if not this comeing season, the next if we fail to get into the Champion's League, pluss Harry for the England job?, sad but loyalty from player's for our club went out the club's gate with the likes of Hoddle, Perryman, Greaves, Mabbutt and others that proved they loved Spurs and the supporter's and played for the club with pride, I do not see that pride from today's player's just greed. The one player who does seem to play with a passion and love for the club when he does play is Ledley, sadly he is not able to do so as offten as we would like, and I suppose Dawson is another, not the greatest centre half we have had imo, but he does give his all and get's on with the job. As for the other's?, a case of here today gone tomorrow if the price is right.

[quote="Boltjean"] sad but loyalty from player's for our club went out the club's gate with the likes of Hoddle, Perryman, Greaves, Mabbutt and others that proved they loved Spurs and the supporter's and played for the club with pride, I do not see that pride from today's player's just greed. The one player who does seem to play with a passion and love for the club when he does play is Ledley, sadly he is not able to do so as offten as we would like.

I am not sure ledley would have stayed with us if his career hadnt been blighted by injury len, but its nice to think that would be the case.
Ledley would have been world class without a doubt, i just wonder if the likes of man utd, chelsea and barcelona even had come in offering big money.....would he have stayed ?
Only he knows i would have thought?

well i cant speak for everyone but i wouldnt play for the goons even if i was offerd 200k a week

Hello Baz. I can see a couple of letters on some of the forums, not all, if I click on those letters I can view the forum I click on, but some are completely covered by these boxes I mentioned. I was going to download that site you gave me, but I worry about what I download. If I find the problem stops me reading the board messages, then I will give it a try, but OK for now Baz thank you.

Thank you Baz, I will think about it. Have you seen Arnies post, Memories of Spurs, what a great post, I just love the History of the club, all those pictures.