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Messi needs great players around him to function as Messi does. Maradona didn’t need others to make him great, there’s the difference. He played in poor teams, yet did some things with a football you most probably won’t see again.

Well that’s what is often confused. Maradona is clearly not the greatest if you add integrity into it. But I’m talking purely on a footballing ability front. Can you imagine how good he would be these days with the lightweight balls and protection from refs? I mean the guy could literally take...

Won 2 titles and a World Cup by himself! And was in an Final in another.

Really?? Cocaine is not performance enhancing in any way. Pathetic the way the handball is always brought up... it has Nothing to do with who was the best and or most skilfull player.

You’ve gotta be pretty skilfull if you can do what Maradona can after having a shit load of gear! What a player!

Ok..

What has that got to do with who was the better player. I know I’d rather have Maradona in my side than Pele.

In England that hand ball is will always cloud the judgement of Maradona, in the rest of the world he was clearly the most skilfull player ever to play football. Pele was incredible, Best was best, but Maradona had balance, touch, passing, scoring, dribbling that I’ve never seen anyone else...

Maradona was Miles ahead of Pelé, but I’d say that on that response you must be too young to have seen either of them.

Great players, but the touch, the ball sticking to the foot, evading player after player. Have you ever seen his runs and goals? Simply a level on crap pitches with hacking players I don’t think anyone will ever better. The ball was glued to his foot...... and then he scored. U think Best or...

But was the most skilful player ever! Flair! He might be odious and have no class.. but he was the best player ever. In my opinion. And he did it with hard balls getting hacked down, just like Best. Only about 5 times better.

Only one N Bozza!