Roger Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 CB Fry - you have made yourself look a complete tool, and a nasty piece of work, with your insults and vitriol. Everyone has opinions - FWIW I wish they would all make up. But no one person makes the club - not MLT, not NC, not anyone. the club will be here long after all the current protaginists are long gone. MLT was a fantastic player for us and it was a privilege to see him in his prime but, quite honestly, once his playing career was over that was that and what he thinks/says no longer really matters. I will always cherish the MLT in his prime for us but that era has gone and we are now entering a new, exciting era. Have a heart. You shouldnt forget and he will always be a legend to me as player and person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washsaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 But that's just the thing Roger........as a player he is a legend to me too but I don't know him personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 So what about fans that have been going for 12 years or longer do the deserve freebies or any kind of special treatment from the club? No one will ever forget what Matty or Lawrie mac have done for this club. The will always be our heroes and will live long in the history of this Club, Should the club be giving them freebies? imo no. Statue or having stands or suites named after them? Yes. Does anyone think other clubs give out freebies to thier legends? If you do is there any proof of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 once his playing career was over that was that Really??? This club is built on the memories and contributions of many people over the past and I'm not sure we just forget about them when they move on, not least those who contribute so much and demonstrate such loyalty (that I doubt will ever be seen again). Many past players & managers up and down the country are still held in very high regard by their relative clubs and they are often approached by Clubs, the media and others to share their opinions with supporters. Given Matty's record and status with the CLub I'm just not sure that once his playing career was over then that was that (or should have been that)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 CB Fry - you have made yourself look a complete tool, and a nasty piece of work, with your insults and vitriol. Everyone has opinions - FWIW I wish they would all make up. But no one person makes the club - not MLT, not NC, not anyone. the club will be here long after all the current protaginists are long gone. MLT was a fantastic player for us and it was a privilege to see him in his prime but, quite honestly, once his playing career was over that was that and what he thinks/says no longer really matters. I will always cherish the MLT in his prime for us but that era has gone and we are now entering a new, exciting era. Matt Le Tissier is to Saints as Bobby Moore is to West ham, Tom Finney is to Preston, Nat Lofthouse is to Bolton etc. All these players were loyal and this made them greater than the greatest of journeymen . Matt is OUR LEGEND. And no Saints fan should ever forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Matt Le Tissier is to Saints as Bobby Moore is to West ham, Tom Finney is to Preston, Nat Lofthouse is to Bolton etc. All these players were loyal and this made them greater than the greatest of journeymen . Matt is OUR LEGEND. And no Saints fan should ever forget it. This. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a co ck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Why doesn't Lowe get a free ticket, he built the stadium; why doesn't Mick Channon get a free ticket, he's our top scorer; why doesn't Anti Niemmi gtet a free ticket, he was great; why doesn't Peter Rodrigues get a free ticket, he captained the cup winners...in short, where would the line be drawn, that would cause even more bad feeling.. And then add in the many Directors we used to have, the many "advisors" we used to have, the Askhams, the Corbetts, the local Councillors, The Mayor, the MP's all of whom used to frequent the Directors box and receieve "Hospitality" that was paid for by your Sky Subscriptions or match tickets etc. I have absolutley No problem with the policy of free ticketing is Verboten. I also am very cautious about how that quote in NC's interview was worded. I (and others on here) are aware of how Journos work. You say ten words that say one thing they delete 5 words in the print and it says something else. The quote could have read "Hangers ON" meaning doing Jobs around the club that are not needed these days OR it could have been about tickets. I won't take sides on this. I have been lucky to have spoken to MLT about how he got himself into his "off side" mess, that's life and everyone makes dumb decisions. It's sad that it keeps coming up, BOTH sides should have solved it, they haven't. NC is successful he doesn't need LM & MLT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. It could have been and possibly still can be sorted out, but it will need to be done queitly, man to man and MLT & LM will have to bring the Olive Branch. they shouldn't have to, but then I shouldn't have done many things in life either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Matt Le Tissier is to Saints as Bobby Moore is to West ham, Tom Finney is to Preston, Nat Lofthouse is to Bolton etc. All these players were loyal and this made them greater than the greatest of journeymen . Matt is OUR LEGEND. And no Saints fan should ever forget it.This. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a co ck. Has anyone actually said that he isn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie@home Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Exactly - being one of the club's best ever players and getting freebies for life are 2 different things. I can perfectly understand Cortese's policy, having seen at first hand what was happening at Salisbury City. If you're not careful the world his family and his dog is getting in for free. The more people expect, the less likely I would be inclined to give it. Cortese is quite happy to invite ex-players, like Terry Paine and Nick Holmes, etc. but it is at HIS invitation. He obviously gets as wound up by emotional blackmail as I do! I would differentiate between Matt and MacMenemy on this also - 2 very different characters. Lawrie has the ego the size of a house and is still trying to earn a living out of telling the same old stories from the cup final days. Matt is a nice, modest, very likeable person, whose friends usually make the nasty digs rather than he himself. Only in football to some people expect freebies for life - it doesn't happen in the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_b64 Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 MLT just tweeted the following: mattletiss7 Matt Le Tissier For the record i never have or never wanted to have free tickets from sfc hang your head in shame Nicola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggface Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 (edited) This has nothing to do with tickets ffs. This is an old fued involving franny Matt and lawrie. Matt is my footballing idol, and he is one of the nicest guys you could wish to meet but he'd not perfect. I don't know everything that has gone on but I think both sides should keep there mouths shut when speaking to the press as it only damages the clubs name. Cortese should of said no comment, though he may have been misquoted IMO. Matt will be livid and I can completely understand why. Jeff can say what he likes they are good mates and that's his job. Edited 24 September, 2011 by doggface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Generally I like Jeff Stelling, but I think he seriously overstepped the mark with this rant. Whether or not he is right or wrong is actually irrelevant, his conduct this afternoon is completely unprofessional and frankly embarrassing for him. Would not surprise me if he is given a slap for this. Will not sit well with Sky, even with their dubious morality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pele Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Oh dear start of another war of words.......let's unite and continue on to the Premiership! MLT is a hero and Nicola is doing a fantastic job end off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggface Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 ******** he can say what he likes he paid to give his opinion ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumstead_Saint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Well said Jeff. And you've got the balls to say it. An honest man who speaks his mind. Cortese has no class or he wouldn't have been *****ing like a schoolgirl in the press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 I see both sides of the argument TBH. Ex players and Ex managers shouldn't expect nor get free tickets because the club is a business and as has been said previously, we got into a right mess because of the amount of freeloaders around the club a few seasons ago. I know Cortese doesn't see eye to eye with MLT or McMenemy stemming from the time of the take-over. One way the club could solve this would be to introduce, as part of their end of season awards, a (Saints) lifetime achievement award with honorary life "membership" (only one per season, if that and it would only be open to the true legends of the club). Both MLT and McMenemy would surely qualify, along with the likes of Channon and Paine etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Oh dear start of another war of words.......let's unite and continue on to the Premiership! MLT is a hero and Nicola is doing a fantastic job end off! This, but I'm not sure our wannabe FoB's want that... they'd prefer a bit of drama ala Hollyoaks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Agree with you on Le Tiss As for Cortese yes he's made mistakes and doesn't do himself many favours with PR like this, but calling him a termite considering the progress the club has made under his leadership not to mention he apparently first recommended us to Markus is well, short-sighted is an understatement. I'll remind you of a previous occasion when you called Cortese names which was when Pardew got dismissed and you were ridiculing our calls of "let's judge after we see who the replacement is" just as Nigel Adkins was going for his interview. Still think sacking Pardew was a bad idea? or did Cortese prove you to be knee-jerk and pre-judgemental? Frankly I am well aware that Cortese has made mistakes during his time here, but if your far more concerned with club legends not being given token-gesture free tickets whilst gleefully ignoring the fact the club's excellent progress under his leadership that justifies calling Cortese a "termite" that's up to you. There will always be planks who will be ridiculously pro-one chairman or anti-another chairman and consider them immune from criticism or praise. We went through all that with Lowe Luvvies and Wilde Worshippers and Scooby and Saint-Richmond. But even if I am pro-Cortese I am not blinkered (and neither are most Cortese supporters). Maybe that's because I look at the big picture and don't have any time for petty squabbles and neither does Cortese. I will gladly admit he has made mistakes during his time here but at the end of the day he is human and Frankly with the club's recent progress, I couldn't give a flying **** about MLT's and Cortese's poor relationship. I'm afraid there are always 2 sides to every story. . . Nicola Cortese has got so much time for petty squabbles it is untrue. Why on earth he decided to use his first interview with the Sun for a long time (who previously he was having a petty squabble with) to rake over his petty squabble with Matt Le Tiss is something only Cortese can answer. And if you think sacking Alan Pardew was some finest hour for us well sorry, you're wrong. He was a successful manager for us, he assembled the vast majority of the team playing today. Something personal happened between the two of them. It was a **** up at the time, not least because it dumped us into 22nd as the team went into tailspin. Of course the Adkins appointment was brilliant and he has been fantastic for us. The fact that Adkins was a great appointment does not make the decision to sack Pardew a good one. Happy to stand by whatever I said at the time, especially I was right when a huge number of Cult-of-Cortese dinlows were peddling drivel like "it's all evil media speculation, everything is fine". Back to today and we now know Cortese "expects to be champions this season" so lets see what happens if Adkins doesn't deliver anything close to that - say we finish seventh, which for me would have been a great result this season, but a million miles away from what we now know the boss expects. Adkins had a very good schtick in interviews of downplaying everything and keeping everyone's feet on the ground and being measured and cautious. Unfortunately his chairman has royally fu cked that up now by telling the world he expects to be champions this season. Good luck with that pressure Nigel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Has anyone actually said that he isn't? How about this, comparing Matt Le Tiss to a bus driver or a spot welder: They were both paid for their jobs same as anyone else in any other industry. If they think so much of the club why should they not show that support in the way the rest of us have to, by buying tickets? cue the abuse There are also a lot of people here whose starting point for this debate is "Matthew Le Tissier is demanding loads of free tickets all the time" and are using that to fuel their doe-eyed adoration of our current chairmen starting petty squabbles in national newspapers. Let's remember this has started from Cortese being a twot in the national press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Let's remember this has started from Cortese being a twot in the national press. No. Let's remember this has started from MLT being conned by Tony Lynham, It was further fuelled by public comments that MLT & LM made in the early days. It was also fuelled by further comments made during the breakdown in relations between NC & AP. BOTH sides have got into the mess and whenever one or the other opens their mouths about it it all kicks off again. NC does not MLT. MLT does not like NC. Many of us get that, and both of them look like spoilt brats at this point in time. There is a solution STFU the pair of them and stop acting like Kids & using the press for petty point scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 (edited) No. Let's remember this has started from MLT being conned by Tony Lynham, It was further fuelled by public comments that MLT & LM made in the early days. It was also fuelled by further comments made during the breakdown in relations between NC & AP. BOTH sides have got into the mess and whenever one or the other opens their mouths about it it all kicks off again. NC does not MLT. MLT does not like NC. Many of us get that, and both of them look like spoilt brats at this point in time. There is a solution STFU the pair of them and stop acting like Kids & using the press for petty point scoring. Wrong. In recent interviews with the Echo MLT has been very positive about Saints, Nigel, Lallana and Lambert. No quotes about Cortese, no mention of him, no nothing, no points scoring. Those articles got very little airing on here because it didn't fit the "evil Echo have an anti-Saints agenda" horsesh it peddled on here. We could have taken from that that MLT had indeed STFU about it. It was Cortese that has continued it and decided to petty point score again. Let's remember this has started from Cortese being a twot in the national press. The point stands. Edited 24 September, 2011 by CB Fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 We should all sing the Matt Le Tiss song every game to annoy Clotese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 (edited) In recent interviews with the Echo MLT has been very positive about Saints, Nigel, Lallana and Lambert. No quotes about Cortese, no mention of him, no nothing, no points scoring. We could have taken from that that MLT had indeed STFU about it. It was Cortese that has continued it and decided to petty point score again. Let's remember this has started from Cortese being a twot in the national press. At no point in the article did Cortese directly criticise Le Tissier. There was a statement that Le Tissier has criticised him..... Which is undeniable and another statement saying that there was a need to put an end to freebies. He says 'all these people,' not Matt Le Tissier, not Benali, Not McMenemy..... no specifics. There is a heap of reaction over nothing. It's such a shame. Incidentally, a reasonably relevant blog I wrote a few months ago: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/entry.php?52-Chicken-vs-Egg Edited 24 September, 2011 by Colinjb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 We should all sing the Matt Le Tiss song every game to annoy Clotese. Gonna sing it at the radio are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 At no point in the article did Cortese directly criticise Le Tissier. There was a statement that Le Tissier has criticised him..... Which is undeniable and another statement saying that there was a need to put an end to freebies. He says 'all these people,' not Matt Le Tissier, not Benali, Not McMenemy..... no specifics. There is a heap of reaction over nothing. It's such a shame. Incidentally, a reasonably relevant blog I wrote a few months ago: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/entry.php?52-Chicken-vs-Egg For one Cortese didn't need to mention freebies at all. Most interviews with football chairmen in national newspapers don't tend to cover "who are you giving tickets to these days then". It would not have been on the reporters list of questions. And if we are to swallow your gigantic dose of disingenuousness, who are "these people" then? Kevin Williamson of Sholing? Gavin Snorkdale of Eastleigh? Barry Shi tpeas of West End? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Gonna sing it at the radio are you? I've done hundreds of games and will do hundred more. And i'll always idolise MLT. You should be ashamed of yourself siding with that so called chairman of ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan17 Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 I am really very annoyed about all this guff. At a time when we are top of the league, all this is being played out in the media, when all they should be talking about is how well we have done this season to get where we are. Unless I have not read the original interview properly, I can't find anywhere NC has said "Matthew Le Tissier wanted free tickets but I told him to do one". Maybe I am being naive but I am not convinced that NC was talking about MLT or LM when he said about giving out freebies here and there. Please let us not forget that this is The Sun - not exactly a paper known for putting morals first. As we know, NC and the sun fell out big time last season - wonder if the sun are still ****ed about this and want to stitch the man up at all? MLT is possibly the main reason that I fell in love with Saints (back in the mid eightees) and he, I would like to think, influenced how I play my football. I worship him and no doubt without him, we would not have been the prospect we were for ML and NC to take on. He is a legend, proper legend, for us. But having a hissy fit on twitter (if it really is him) will not help at all. I feel that some people are far too quick to critisise NC - I genuinely believe that he is doing everything in his power to ensure that we are very succesful in the fairly near future. I can understand the grief he gets for some of the decisions he has made (season ticket debacle), but I wouldnt want anyone else in charge. I am confident in him and it doesn't feel like we are a club that gets easily pushed around any more. In closing, I just wish that they could all pull in the same direction and put the club first - we are really looking like we mean serious business and could be at the start of something awesome. As for Stelling - always liked him and admired his knowledge, but know for a fact that he is very good friends with a certain Rupert Lowe. Small wonder then, that he is happy to have a go at Cortese really. Thats my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 There is a heap of reaction over nothing. It's such a shame. This is where i strongly disagree with you. Cortese knew exactly what he was doing. He is trying to divide us and turn us against MLT. It is shameful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 I've done hundreds of games and will do hundred more. And i'll always idolise MLT. You should be ashamed of yourself siding with that so called chairman of ours. You do a lot of them on the match thread - snide comment here, snide comment there. Do you post from your seat at SMS? I'll always idolize MLT as well but, unlike you, I'll keep an open mind on this nasty little affair. Calling him "Clotese", as you've done for months, just shows you up for what you are. I'd love it all to go away but I suspect that a lot has happened beyond our sight and hearing. Sing away, dune. At least until your wife tells you to shut up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Gonna sing it at the radio are you? Just about sums you up with pathetic comments like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Just about sums you up with pathetic comments like that. I've got it. That "people looking for freebies" comment landed a little close to home, didn't it hypo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan17 Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 This is where i strongly disagree with you. Cortese knew exactly what he was doing. He is trying to divide us and turn us against MLT. It is shameful. Really don't think that is the case at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Really don't think that is the case at all. Go on then. Tell us why he said what he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 This is where i strongly disagree with you. Cortese knew exactly what he was doing. He is trying to divide us and turn us against MLT. It is shameful. please tell us you dont seriously believe that, or at very least share your thinking behind that. What possible reason would the man who is currently running the club and trying to steer it back into the Premiership have or be even remotely concerned with trying to turn the fans against a player who retired nearly 10 years ago ? Seriously, why ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan17 Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 First, you tell me, using direct quotes, what he said that has ****ed you off so much.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 please tell us you dont seriously believe that, or at very least share your thinking behind that. What possible reason would the man who is currently running the club and trying to steer it back into the Premiership have or be even remotely concerned with trying to turn the fans against a player who retired nearly 10 years ago ? Seriously, why ? This I've got to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 This is a f**king horrible situation. Perpetuated by the emotions and fondness of our greatest player in recent times and pitting it head to head with a chairman who has seen the club become at the very least relatively succesful but has done somethings which have annoyed certain parts of the fanbase, yet because he is pragmatic and seemingly vain he is not considered very likable. The timing of this is awful, not that there could ever be a good time. It will only polarise the fans at a time when we NEED to be pulling together. Without Cortese we wouldn't have had Markus Leibherr (and men like him do NOT arrive everyday, just ask the Skates, Derby County, Sheffiled Wednesday etc), without Le Tissier and the ilk we wouldn't have the memories, thoughts, pride and identity that define us as all as 'Saints.' There is too much vanity from ALL concerned and not enough humility. Peace is the only resolution where we emerge stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 please tell us you dont seriously believe that, or at very least share your thinking behind that. What possible reason would the man who is currently running the club and trying to steer it back into the Premiership have or be even remotely concerned with trying to turn the fans against a player who retired nearly 10 years ago ? Seriously, why ? Ego and holding a grudge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 I've got it. That "people looking for freebies" comment landed a little close to home, didn't it hypo? Have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. I pay for my tickets to SMS, unless you are insinuating that I never expect to pay for anything? I thought you rose above petty insults? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 This I've got to hear. I doubt we will ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Ego and holding a grudge. Oh Good lord....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Has anyone actually said that he isn't? How about this, comparing Matt Le Tiss to a bus driver or a spot welder: They were both paid for their jobs same as anyone else in any other industry. If they think so much of the club why should they not show that support in the way the rest of us have to, by buying tickets? cue the abuse There are also a lot of people here whose starting point for this debate is "Matthew Le Tissier is demanding loads of free tickets all the time" and are using that to fuel their doe-eyed adoration of our current chairmen starting petty squabbles in national newspapers. Let's remember this has started from Cortese being a twot in the national press. So you are answering my question with a no then? Because in that example you gave me it doesn't say that matt isn't a legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 I think cortese is very jealous that le tiss will always be held in the highest esteem by the fans and as a mere businessman football supporters will never think of him in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. I pay for my tickets to SMS, unless you are insinuating that I never expect to pay for anything? I thought you rose above petty insults? Okay, hypo, try this one - from the Leicester match thread: I'll be listening on radio so if you tell me your email I will send you my saints player login. If you could help me out too mate I would very much apprecite it. You don't go to many games (don't mention Ipswich away yet again) so the least you could do is pay for Saints Player - or else you're just another freebie-taker. If it's a petty insult to call you out on your hypocrisy, so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedgeEnder Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 I am really very annoyed about all this guff. At a time when we are top of the league, all this is being played out in the media, when all they should be talking about is how well we have done this season to get where we are. Unless I have not read the original interview properly, I can't find anywhere NC has said "Matthew Le Tissier wanted free tickets but I told him to do one". Maybe I am being naive but I am not convinced that NC was talking about MLT or LM when he said about giving out freebies here and there. Please let us not forget that this is The Sun - not exactly a paper known for putting morals first. As we know, NC and the sun fell out big time last season - wonder if the sun are still ****ed about this and want to stitch the man up at all? MLT is possibly the main reason that I fell in love with Saints (back in the mid eightees) and he, I would like to think, influenced how I play my football. I worship him and no doubt without him, we would not have been the prospect we were for ML and NC to take on. He is a legend, proper legend, for us. But having a hissy fit on twitter (if it really is him) will not help at all. I feel that some people are far too quick to critisise NC - I genuinely believe that he is doing everything in his power to ensure that we are very succesful in the fairly near future. I can understand the grief he gets for some of the decisions he has made (season ticket debacle), but I wouldnt want anyone else in charge. I am confident in him and it doesn't feel like we are a club that gets easily pushed around any more. In closing, I just wish that they could all pull in the same direction and put the club first - we are really looking like we mean serious business and could be at the start of something awesome. As for Stelling - always liked him and admired his knowledge, but know for a fact that he is very good friends with a certain Rupert Lowe. Small wonder then, that he is happy to have a go at Cortese really. Absolute cobblers........I met Jeff Stelling a number of years ago and he is definately not a fan of Rupert Lowe. Back too whether MLT should get free tickets or preferrential treatment - absolutely. Would you expect Bobby Charlton, David Beckham, Eric Cantona et al to ever have to buy a ticket at Old Trafford? Of course not....and MLT is as important to Saints as those players were to Man Utd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 I think cortese is very jealous that le tiss will always be held in the highest esteem by the fans and as a mere businessman football supporters will never think of him in the same way. I agree. Although he has his little gang that sing that cringeworthy song about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 Okay, hypo, try this one - from the Leicester match thread: You don't go to many games (don't mention Ipswich away yet again) so the least you could do is pay for Saints Player - or else you're just another freebie-taker. If it's a petty insult to call you out on your hypocrisy, so be it. Don't be so pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 please tell us you dont seriously believe that, or at very least share your thinking behind that. What possible reason would the man who is currently running the club and trying to steer it back into the Premiership have or be even remotely concerned with trying to turn the fans against a player who retired nearly 10 years ago ? Seriously, why ? It would appear that Cortese still bears a grudge against Matty over a couple of issues, otherwise why bring his name up in today's interview. With so much positive news to focus on surely you should be asking why does Cortese have to mention his name??? He has been openly critical of Matty's role in the Pinnacle affair and he also had a go about Matty offering up his opinion about things at the Club (Inc the Pardew affair) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintrich Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 I think cortese is very jealous that le tiss will always be held in the highest esteem by the fans and as a mere businessman football supporters will never think of him in the same way. I disagree that it's jealousy. More to do with Le Tissier being part of the pinnacle group, which delayed Liebherrs takeover by more than 4 weeks, when Pinnacle were clearly up to nothing in terms of saving our club... I'm fairly sure Cortese's original spites were: Le Tiss: That he got too involved in pinnacle bid and almost ruined the Liebherr takeover. Mcmenemy: That he expected to get free tickets (Which has been confirmed) Obviously the latest article in the sun, Cortese has been asked about this and so, we get a re-hash of the argument. All blown out of proportion if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 24 September, 2011 Share Posted 24 September, 2011 I agree. Although he has his little gang that sing that cringeworthy song about him. Surprise surprise. I bet you cant wait for Cortese to leave, so then you can have a go at the next Chairman of our club, Imo it is you and people who are like you on here that are jealous as you are the ones who wants to be at the helm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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