Diego Maradona

Salamuddin · 28-10-2006, 11:04 PM

Ok, I'd like to know what people's objective opinions are of Diego Maradona ?

For mine, I think he is the best footballer I have ever seen.....man some of the moves he effected during the 1986 WC were just breathtaking especially that goal wehere he weaved past five Englishmen to score....., as well as that perfect back pass to Jorge Valdano without even looking.

And I have to admit, I found "Hand of God" incredibly amusing.....the audacity and cheekiness of it was quite something.....(no doubt quite a few of my English friends will have their say on this but I hope we can have a robust debate

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I'd rank him ahead of Platini and Zinedine Zidane as the best footballers I have seen (altho I admit from the limited video clips I saw....Garrincha and Pele were pretty aweseome).

shortpitched713 · 28-10-2006, 11:48 PM

Baggio was a better forward.

Perm · 29-10-2006, 01:32 AM

Never really saw much of him other than the "Hand of God" moment but he has definately caused a lot of controversy and headlines in his day.

cameeel · 29-10-2006, 01:21 AM

No matter how good he was as a player, the fact that he has said that the 'hand of god' incident was deliberate means I have absolutely no respect for him. I don't really care who won that World Cup, but for a player of his standing to blatantly cheat then state that he doesn't regret is shameful.

Cloete · 29-10-2006, 01:51 AM

Best player in the history of football IMO.

Possibly one of the biggest tools as well.

BoyBrumby · 29-10-2006, 02:23 AM

Pretty hard as a English football fan to have an objective opinion about the fat, drug-addled, stumpy, money-grabbing little cheat.

He is massively overrated tho; his legend was basically based around his performance in the 1986 WC. He was very impressive, undoubtedly, but he was rubbish at Barca to such an extent that only a decidely second-rank Italian club would touch him afterwards. True, they won a couple of titles, but did the square root of sweet Fanny Adams in Europe.

At his peak he was probably the most skillful player I've seen play in a match I've seen unfold live (albeit only on telly), but others have had longer peaks & thus were arguably more effective players. A 34 year old Zidane nearly dragged France to the title; at the same age Maradona was so pumped full of drugs his eyes were practically on stalks (witness his celeb after his goal in the 94 WC just before he got pinged for drugs).

Goughy · 29-10-2006, 02:41 AM

There are very few people in the world I wouldnt be sorry to see die but...

Craig · 29-10-2006, 03:14 AM

His other goal against England (not 'Hand of God', the other one) was quite possibly one of the best I have ever seen, in fact I will say it is the best I have seen. The distance he ran, beat a thousand men (ok not that amount, just doing my best Paul Vautin impersation and only League fans + Steds and BB would get it)and smashed it home past the 'keeper (and England's goal keepers in the 70's & 80's were not rubbish either)

Jungle Jumbo · 29-10-2006, 04:43 AM

Stunning player, comfortably the second-best to have ever played the beautiful game. What he did at Napoli is unsurpassed in terms of one player catalysing an ordinary team into a great one.

I saw him play at some charity game earlier this year (only reason I went TBH) and even though he could barely run, his right foot was still brilliant - probably still not far off Premiership class even now.

Interesting that he's in talks to become the Honduras manager. I don't think he's management material, but given the Argentinian infrastructure I can see him managing Boca or Argentina some day.

steds · 29-10-2006, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Jungle Jumbo

I saw him play at some charity game earlier this year (only reason I went TBH) and even though he could barely run, his right foot was still brilliant - probably still not far off Premiership class even now.

Wasn't he always left footed?

Jungle Jumbo · 29-10-2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by steds

Wasn't he always left footed?

Great Birtannia · 29-10-2006, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Jungle Jumbo

Interesting that he's in talks to become the Honduras manager. I don't think he's management material, but given the Argentinian infrastructure I can see him managing Boca or Argentina some day.

Diego Maradona being appointed as a manager is akin to Gary Ablett Senior getting a gig as an AFL coach. Great players but completely not suited to running a team, it's crazy talk.

grecian · 29-10-2006, 10:55 AM

There may be a time when I can view Maradona in is proper context as one of the games greats.

That time is not now, cheating little druggie scumbag.

Cloete · 29-10-2006, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by steds

Wasn't he always left footed?

Think he must be referrign to the rabona's he managed to pull of. It's an illusion JJ, he's still actually using his left foot

The Illusion

Jamee999 · 29-10-2006, 02:50 PM

Not his biggest fan

28-10-2006, 11:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Salamuddin International Debutant Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lakemba, Sydney Posts: 2,074	Diego Maradona Ok, I'd like to know what people's objective opinions are of Diego Maradona ? For mine, I think he is the best footballer I have ever seen.....man some of the moves he effected during the 1986 WC were just breathtaking especially that goal wehere he weaved past five Englishmen to score....., as well as that perfect back pass to Jorge Valdano without even looking. And I have to admit, I found "Hand of God" incredibly amusing.....the audacity and cheekiness of it was quite something.....(no doubt quite a few of my English friends will have their say on this but I hope we can have a robust debate ) I'd rank him ahead of Platini and Zinedine Zidane as the best footballers I have seen (altho I admit from the limited video clips I saw....Garrincha and Pele were pretty aweseome).

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cameeel International Captain Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 6,902	No matter how good he was as a player, the fact that he has said that the 'hand of god' incident was deliberate means I have absolutely no respect for him. I don't really care who won that World Cup, but for a player of his standing to blatantly cheat then state that he doesn't regret is shameful. __________________ Proud Member of the Melbourne Demons ,'97,'98,'99,'05-'13 Supporter of Melbourne Demons FC, Aston Villa FC, and the Flyers "This tournament is a joke. Grass is for cows, I'm never coming back." - Marat Safin

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BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,642	Pretty hard as a English football fan to have an objective opinion about the fat, drug-addled, stumpy, money-grabbing little cheat. He is massively overrated tho; his legend was basically based around his performance in the 1986 WC. He was very impressive, undoubtedly, but he was rubbish at Barca to such an extent that only a decidely second-rank Italian club would touch him afterwards. True, they won a couple of titles, but did the square root of sweet Fanny Adams in Europe. At his peak he was probably the most skillful player I've seen play in a match I've seen unfold live (albeit only on telly), but others have had longer peaks & thus were arguably more effective players. A 34 year old Zidane nearly dragged France to the title; at the same age Maradona was so pumped full of drugs his eyes were practically on stalks (witness his celeb after his goal in the 94 WC just before he got pinged for drugs). __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

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shortpitched713 International Regular Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA Posts: 3,219	Baggio was a better forward.

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Jungle Jumbo International Vice-Captain Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: England Posts: 4,898	Stunning player, comfortably the second-best to have ever played the beautiful game. What he did at Napoli is unsurpassed in terms of one player catalysing an ordinary team into a great one. I saw him play at some charity game earlier this year (only reason I went TBH) and even though he could barely run, his right foot was still brilliant - probably still not far off Premiership class even now. Interesting that he's in talks to become the Honduras manager. I don't think he's management material, but given the Argentinian infrastructure I can see him managing Boca or Argentina some day.

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grecian International Coach Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hanging on ! Posts: 11,295	There may be a time when I can view Maradona in is proper context as one of the games greats. That time is not now, cheating little druggie scumbag. __________________ Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes. Walt Whitman

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