alpine_saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 They've got a "10 Worst Sporting Cheats" thing going today, and they've put MLTs throw-in scam in there alongside the likes of Maradona, Tayna Harding and Rivaldo. FFS, he even managed to c*ck it up. Idiots.
shurlock Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Any form of cheating, however minor, to gain competitive advantage in a game is worse than MLT's boneheaded exploits.
Saint Bones Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Yeah - I saw that and thought it was a bit harsh. Wasn't cheating for a result, just trying to get some extra dollars. Compared to the overpaid *****s these days who dive all over the ground like they have been machine gunned down. Besides - Would anyone have actually found out about this had MLT not mentioned it in his book ?
once_bitterne Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Surely the cheating should be down as "making up something in order to sell copies of a book" as it has been proved that the incident could not have taken place as the game was not televised live so , at that time, no bookmaker would have been taking bets on it.
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Does anyone really take any notice of ANYTHING that comic prints? Watch out 19 will be frothing at the mouth to get at this thread.
Wes Tender Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Must be a slow news day if the Sun has to print that. As ASFC says, the Sun is a comic and is not to be taken too seriously, after all, look at how long it has taken them to make up their mind that Labour has to go at the next election.
chrisobee Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 There is plenty of proper sports news to report and they go with this ? Sad.
chrisobee Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Were there any prem players listed? Since you're clearly too bone idle to look for yourself a link just for you http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/2683880/Top-10-worst-sporting-cheats.html
rallyboy Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 where are all the cyclists, Schumacher, diving strikers, McLaren, dozens more athletes, and the footballers who actually threw a game and were convicted? Lazy, lazy journalism from a work experience boy who hasn't mastered Google, on his last ever Sunday shift.
The9 Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 What a crap and lazy article. "Can we think of ten ?" "Nah, only about 6 or 7, what's happened recently to pad the list out?"
trousers Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 (edited) If it was a Pompey player we'd be having a chortle at the Sun article rather than slagging it off. Objectivity vs subjectivity I feel... Edited 19 October, 2009 by trousers
chocco boxo Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Le Tiss only cheated during shuttle runs, Graham Hiley needs looking at for putting that crap in Le Tiss book.
corky morris Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Quite simply the very worst newspaper printed.
krissyboy31 Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Does this mean that Neil Shipperley is in the top 10 most sporting for keeping the ball in? Absolute garbage! MLT is listed yet Hansie Cronje, one of the most despicable sportsman to walk on this earth, doesn't make the cut.
SaintDonkey Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 How can LeTissier appear on that list without the likes of Michael Schumacher (twice caught and punished for cheating - at least once not caught), practically every cyclist in the Tour de France (too many drug scandals to mention, but the Festina team in 98 leaps to mind) and the entire East German Olympic team of 1976? I almost wish I ever read the Sun just so I could stop!
Doctoroncall Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Since you're clearly too bone idle to look for yourself a link just for you http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/2683880/Top-10-worst-sporting-cheats.html If i wanted a comic, I'll buy private eye ;-) With so much unsporting behaviour going on - diving, bad tackles etc, A silly try and kick the ball out of play gets into the top ten. Didn't Shilts get a telling off for marking the goals out on the pitch?
Fuengirola Saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Must be a slow news day if the Sun has to print that. As ASFC says, the Sun is a comic and is not to be taken too seriously, after all, look at how long it has taken them to make up their mind that Labour has to go at the next election. Because they will only back the winner, The Sun is reactive not proactive, if the government were riding high in the polls it would be saying " Better the devil you know".
INFLUENCED.COM Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 If it was a Pompey player we'd be having a chortle at the Sun article rather than slagging it off. Objectivity vs subjectivity I feel... Agree, This was such a stupid thing to disclose(whether true or not) and will no doubt become exaggerated with time, sadly a man who should be remembered for his genius on the pitch will be remembered by many for his stupidity off it, bit like Maradona really.
St Landrew Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 It's just the Sun thinking it is being topical, doing a cheats list and including his spread-bet scam. Remember to gauge the average IQ of a Sun reader and you might get it. Just wish Le Tiss hadn't been so bloody honest as to include it in his book, in the first place.
Hatch Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 I read an article last week in the Evening Standard about spread betting, and the authors introduction to the piece was about Le Tissiers throw in scam and how it had gone down in Football history has one of the worst attempts at cheating ever. Not bad , considering some reckon it probably didn't even happen.
once_bitterne Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 I read an article last week in the Evening Standard about spread betting, and the authors introduction to the piece was about Le Tissiers throw in scam and how it had gone down in Football history has one of the worst attempts at cheating ever. Not bad , considering some reckon it probably didn't even happen. It's a fact that it didn't happen. The game in question was not on tv and so no bookmaker would have been able to take bets on anything relating to it. It was a piece of made up puff designed to sell a book, hardly 'the hand of god'....
IN MY DAY Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Interesting that he's been added to this list as Rupert Murdoch employ him through Sky TV. May explain his short absense from the screen recently. Who ever added this to the list is an idiot the same as the person who decided it might sell a few books. MLS is a legend but just shame he has tainted his memory so soon after the Pinnacle nonsense.
Window Cleaner Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 All the same the list is a bit simplistic really. All those drug cheat in cycling and athletics don't even get a mention,neither does Bruce Grobelaar or other footballers convicted of match fixing in a big way,bent refs in all sports and dodgy plastic beach balls .I think Juventus and Marseille both got relegated for match fixing, surely that's far more serious than kicking a ball into touch to win a few quid.
Saint Samuel Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Wouldn't be surprised if that sort of stuff goes on all the time, at least Matt had the honesty to admit it.
eurosaint Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Mods, please delete this thread quickly before 19C gets near it and the whole site explodes !!! (Oh sh#t, I am cheating as well ???).
alpine_saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Author Posted 19 October, 2009 who cares to be honest Well I do. When the paper if full of stories like this, whether Lilly Allen is wearing stockings or not, "Bugger me, Kerry Katona like a kebab in between her lines of Charlie", Cheryl cole cant sing live despite judging others less fortunate than her for being able to do so and "ooh I just managed to take a snap up the skirt of Denise Welch", I begin to wonder just how much further the UK has to fall in the brain-dead dumbed-down moronic stakes.
warsash saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Interesting that he's been added to this list as Rupert Murdoch employ him through Sky TV. May explain his short absense from the screen recently. He was on Soccer Saturday this weekend.
iansums Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Well I do. When the paper if full of stories like this, whether Lilly Allen is wearing stockings or not, "Bugger me, Kerry Katona like a kebab in between her lines of Charlie", Cheryl cole cant sing live despite judging others less fortunate than her for being able to do so and "ooh I just managed to take a snap up the skirt of Denise Welch", I begin to wonder just how much further the UK has to fall in the brain-dead dumbed-down moronic stakes. You seem to be getting very angry again Alpine I do tend to agree with you though. TBH I stopped buying newspapers a few years ago because of the rubbish in them. Now I just dip into the news websites now and again. Or of course if I really want to be entertained, log into this forum to see how you and St. Will are getting on. :smt014
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Well I do. When the paper if full of stories like this, whether Lilly Allen is wearing stockings or not, "Bugger me, Kerry Katona like a kebab in between her lines of Charlie", Cheryl cole cant sing live despite judging others less fortunate than her for being able to do so and "ooh I just managed to take a snap up the skirt of Denise Welch", I begin to wonder just how much further the UK has to fall in the brain-dead dumbed-down moronic stakes. I care too, because it besmirches the name of one of my heroes, and not to me, because I don't care, but others. If people ask who my hero is, and I say MLT, they could then reply "oh, the cheat", because they're influenced by this top 10.
chrisobee Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Or of course if I really want to be entertained, log into this forum to see how you and St. Will are getting on. :smt014 Stirrer
chrisobee Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 I care too, because it besmirches the name of one of my heroes, and not to me, because I don't care, but others. If people ask who my hero is, and I say MLT, they could then reply "oh, the cheat", because they're influenced by this top 10. TBH it wouldn't make the top 1000 if they wrote a properly researched article and as a few have already mentioned it almost certainly did not happen. I just wonder who had the idea to include it in the book anyway ?
SFKA South Woodford Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Must be a slow news day if the Sun has to print that. As ASFC says, the Sun is a comic and is not to be taken too seriously, after all, look at how long it has taken them to make up their mind that Labour has to go at the next election. Yes, but to be fair that could be down to all of the other political parties being almost as big a bunch of clowns as the Labour party and their cronies. It's going to be a difficult choice of who to vote for, Beavis or Butthead!
Windmill Arm 2 Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Has anyone stopped to wonder what Matt Letissier himself thinks of all this? I doubt he gives a fat rats f*** to be honest. Hardly worth crying about.
warsash saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 At the end of the day, it's all good promotion for his book.
Wes Tender Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Yes, but to be fair that could be down to all of the other political parties being almost as big a bunch of clowns as the Labour party and their cronies. It's going to be a difficult choice of who to vote for, Beavis or Butthead! If Labour were a bunch of clowns, then you could have a decent sn*gger (bloody hell, the word filter doesn't allow sn igger!) at them. Trouble is, they are not a bunch of clowns, but instead a load of incompetent oafs who couldn't run a whelk stall. The political equivalent of the sort of idiots who used to run this club. There wasn't much too laugh about with them either.
Doctoroncall Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 I care too, because it besmirches the name of one of my heroes, and not to me, because I don't care, but others. If people ask who my hero is, and I say MLT, they could then reply "oh, the cheat", because they're influenced by this top 10. Perhaps you can then correct then knowing more about the situation. For me, he was a great player and I will have great memories of him playing and the one time I was able to met him and have a chat. That will not change regardless of what the tabloids print. I'm sure if MLT feels his name is besmirched, he'll address it.
Crab Lungs Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Lazy journalism IMO - only made the top 10 because it was a recent admission.
Gordon Mockles Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 They've got a "10 Worst Sporting Cheats" thing going today, and they've put MLTs throw-in scam in there alongside the likes of Maradona, Tayna Harding and Rivaldo. FFS, he even managed to c*ck it up. Idiots. To be honest, even reading The Sun (judge their target audience mental age - children and builders!) is the main mistake of your ways. It's drivel of the lowest common denominator and everything they write (Well, 99%) should be ignored!
Weston Saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 What a lot of nonsense the article is. It lacks credibility as soon as it says Cronje cheating did not even make the top 10! I hazzard a guess that even Nineteen Canteen will treat the article with the distane it deserves.
trousers Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 Interesting that he's been added to this list as Rupert Murdoch employ him through Sky TV. Which may lead some people to conclude this is simply an extension to the original so called 'publicity stunt'. Of course, you wouldn't catch me jumping to such conclusions.
Micky Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 There is a fine line between cheating and exploiting loopholes - which our recent history will hold testiment to. I personally don't give a toss about what he did - I wish he had got the 10 grand or whatever it was. To me he deserved it. I think there was a case recently where a garage petrol pump was dispensing at a much reduced rate for some reason. There was a long long queue to use said pump - nobody rushed to tell the 'unfortunate' seller of the mistake. 'Tis but human nature to make a few bob...! As for the Sun - well it is just that, the Sun - will it be remembered tomorrow - probably not. Interesting though that Bruce never made the top 10 - isn't it..!!!???
Doctoroncall Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 How will he address it? He besmirched it. He'll probably start with Dear Mr Heming
jeff leopard Posted 19 October, 2009 Posted 19 October, 2009 To be honest, even reading The Sun (judge their target audience mental age - children and builders!) is the main mistake of your ways. It's drivel of the lowest common denominator and everything they write (Well, 99%) should be ignored! ABSOLUTELY! The Sun is a piece of $hit read by 'tards. No excuses.
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