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[Football] Maradona has died
- Thread starter Wozza
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Judging by the scream touching Solly March's shinpad induces, in the modern era he'd never get off the ground.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Not a patch on Johnny Crumplin.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Probably both.
At his peak, he was absolutely mesmerising. And his greatest feat was dragging not one but TWO bang-average sides to glory, at club and international level. He really was the difference. Nobody could stop him.
Sorrel
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He would have been even better in the modern era with the extra protection players are given. I bet they are very sad in Napoli tonight, too - he gave a huge amount to that city.
We did. Gascoigne at Italia 1990. Never the same after that horror injury in the FA Cup final in 1991. We could have built a team around him IF we didn't get landed with Turnip Taylor.
studio150
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Not many players get a 15 month ban for cocaine, or thrown out of the World Cup for failing a drug test.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Many of them turned on him when he played for Argentina against Italy in the 1990 World Cup semi-final there (even though he fluffed his penalty against them).
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Sorry, Gascoigne was great but he was never (and would never have been) another Diego Maradona.
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The Sun (who else ?) fuelled that.
But the anger was merely down to the goal itself.
That said, if the shoe had been on the other foot...
England struggled in midfield that match. But it was fair to say they outplayed us.
Sorrel
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That was a contentious time & team. But winning the (only) two titles that Naples have won, one of them being the double as well...
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Yes, yes he was.
Pelé scored more goals. Lionel Messi has won more trophies. Both have lived more stable lives than the overweight former cocaine addict who tops this list, whose relationship with football became increasingly strained the longer his career continued. If you’ve seen Diego Maradona with a football at his feet, you’ll understand.
— Andrew Murray on Maradona topping FourFourTwo magazine's "100 Greatest Footballers Ever" list, July 2017
He was very, very good and very, very flawed.
Had he been "one of ours" I would be genuinely cut up. God help me I'll be sad when Gazza goes and he's had a boat load of issues. But he was, when it comes down to it, a nasty, drug addicted cheat and sublime national hero.
Had he been "one of ours" I would be genuinely cut up. God help me I'll be sad when Gazza goes and he's had a boat load of issues. But he was, when it comes down to it, a nasty, drug addicted cheat and sublime national hero.
Yep, Maradona tops the list for me. Pele was great but he had some brilliant players around him, Messi is a flat track bully who goes missing when it comes to big games but Maradona powered Argentina to one WC and Napoli to two Serie A titles (the only time in their history). What a player
Dorset Seagull
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Let's not forget it was in the heat of Mexico so we were always up against it playing a South American team
dejavuatbtn
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Who, of course, would have had him in his pocket like John Barnes.
Pretty pink fairy
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Ooh it’s a corner
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I guess I shouldn’t be surprised anymore about some of the comments on here - he was an outstanding football player and without doubt one of the best ever. I hated it when that handball was allowed but that doesn’t take away from his genius as a player. Bestie was a superb footballer but flawed in many aspects of his life - same with Gazza and many others. Maradona was superior to both though imo. The point I think PW made(apologies if wrong) is correct - we all have flaws(and talents). His were at the more extreme end of the spectrum(Maradona’s not PW’s - I assume!)