[Football] Maradona has died

[Pavilionaire]

For a bit of balance, you should really mention all the charitable stuff he did off the pitch. I mean, could you see any of todays players going against the wishes of their employers, and play a charity match to raise funds for a sick child? He did in 1984, at the height of his fame in Naples.

So don't pay £33 million of tax but give away half of that in a very public way and you are feted as a hero, some kind of modern day Robin Hood.

Straight out of the Ronnie and Reggie Kray handbook.

 

[SeagullinExile]

So don't pay £33 million of tax but give away half of that in a very public way and you are feted as a hero, some kind of modern day Robin Hood.

Straight out of the Ronnie and Reggie Kray handbook.

Didn't rob my tax man did he? It says more about the countries that let him get away with it really.

Wouldn't of got away with it here.

 

[Stat Brother]

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[willalbion]

Watch the youtube clips rather than read the lurid headlines on him. It will help you remember him for his unbelievable talent

Exactly, he was a wonderful player, best ever for me. Elevated ordinary teams to champions.

 

[SeagullinExile]

Does that make Bo Derek a Perfect 9 or 11?






#OneForTheKidz

Mmmm...Bo Derek

 

[Mr Bridger]

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Maradona was the Greatest footballer to ever play the game.
RIP Diego

 

[essbee1]

Maradona was the Greatest footballer to ever play the game.
RIP Diego

Some people, including myself, would say he was good, but never the best.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Some people, including myself, would say he was good, but never the best.

Fair Enough.
I say he was the Greatest.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

 

[Questions]

Rubbish, I know lots of Italians who still think of him as the tax dodging drugs cheat that he was.

Brilliant..... Italians calling someone out for tax dodging and cheating........ ps I’m aim half Italian.

 

[Stat Brother]

"Maradona was good" - Feck me.


Jonathan Wilson's views near the start of this are mesmeric, must listen:-

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ute-to-diego-maradona-football-weekly-podcast

The fact that Maradona was foretold 50 years before his birth goes along way to explain his place a long way above "good".

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

This is why he was the best player to ever grace a football pitch.
No other player in history could take apart the opposition team by himself.
The way the players of today think they are special because they"draw a foul"or"win a penalty"need to take a look at maradona.
Studs flying in all over the place but he just keeps going.
He was completely unplayable and even if you wanted to foul him you still couldn't stop him.
Enjoy the video.

 

[SAC]

This is why he was the best player to ever grace a football pitch.
No other player in history could take apart the opposition team by himself.
The way the players of today think they are special because they"draw a foul"or"win a penalty"need to take a look at maradona.
Studs flying in all over the place but he just keeps going.
He was completely unplayable and even if you wanted to foul him you still couldn't stop him.
Enjoy the video.

How much of his ability was natural and how much was down to him taking drugs? Not something we will ever know.

 

[herecomesaregular]

How much of his ability was natural and how much was down to him taking drugs? Not something we will ever know.

Not aware of any drug that creates ability and supreme close control and balance? Strength, endurance, speed, maybe.

 

[drew]

This is why he was the best player to ever grace a football pitch.
No other player in history could take apart the opposition team by himself.
The way the players of today think they are special because they"draw a foul"or"win a penalty"need to take a look at maradona.
Studs flying in all over the place but he just keeps going.
He was completely unplayable and even if you wanted to foul him you still couldn't stop him.
Enjoy the video.

No other player??

 

[McTavish]

How much of his ability was natural and how much was down to him taking drugs? Not something we will ever know.

Oh, behave yourself! If you could do that with drugs, where were the all-conquering East German teams of the Seventies and Eighties?

 

[allystrat]

No other player??

Except Messi had the luxury of playing his entire career post the ban on tackles from behind, playing on pristine surfaces with modern synthetic balls and carpet slippers. Great player no doubt but he would have found 80’s football a different game altogether.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

No other player??

Yes that's what I said,no other player.

 

[Stat Brother]

I'll not be drawn into GOAT conversations, as that's completely subjective.

But posters completely dismissing Maradona and his level of skill really are making themselves look very narrow-minded indeed.