Captain Sensible
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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.
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[Football] Maradona
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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.
Never in a million years. Pele maintained a higher level over a longer period of time.
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Interesting, because I think they are certainly close if not better than Maradona, not near Pele though.
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Captain Sensible
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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 better. What tarnished his career was cheating and drugs. Not to mention mingling with the Mafia. But with a football at his feet, he did thing no one else ever didn. The footage of him proves that. Plus date I say the most amazing goal ever scored.. yes against England. Just after the hand of god. Those two goals just about sum him up..... cheat... but the most skilfull player.
Not true. Its like Steve Davis was the greatest until Hendry, O'sullivan took the game to a new level.
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In your opinion. Not in mine.
Captain Sensible
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What has that got to do with who was the better player. I know I’d rather have Maradona in my side than Pele.
pastafarian
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Its not hard to be miles ahead of Pele when you are whacked off your nuts on drugs.........allegedly.
Captain Sensible
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Ok..
Captain Sensible
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You’ve gotta be pretty skilfull if you can do what Maradona can after having a shit load of gear! What a player!
Lots, Maradona had one decent World Cup, failed in 82, getting sent off in disgrace, brilliant in 86, overweight in 90, drug cheat in 94, but still not as good as Pele in 58 or 70.
If you want to see dribbling and balance, watch the 58 World Cup.
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pastafarian
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Give me a bucket of coke and i bet i could replicate the hand of god goal,......no skill in that
He did it sneakily so it was difficult to spot to be fair. There is an art to cheating as well.
Captain Sensible
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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.
Captain Sensible
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Won 2 titles and a World Cup by himself! And was in an Final in another.
pastafarian
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But everything to do with him as the most famous and highest ambassador of the game at the time.
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The Birdman
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Close add fat drug taking Arse
Headlining Glasto next year I believe.