Gee SCREAMER !! Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Best player ever. Seeing as we have Rooney here reminds what Hansen said on MOTD when he was about 19, that if he carried on at his trajectory he could be as good as Maradona. Lineker advised him that one could be as good as him and that lining up against him was absolutely terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 best player I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, SchtivePesley said: It's almost as if doing heroic amounts of cocaine for 40 years makes your heart go pop Great player in his day though Heroic..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: 2nd greatest True. Who could forget Mark Wright’s header against Egypt...? ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highgate Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Sad day for football fans all over the world. Such a joy to watch in his heyday. Has anybody ever owned a World Cup like he did in '86? Destroyed teams in an era when defenders could kick lumps out of him for 90 mins. It's a shame that his off the field lifestyle has caught up with him and taken him early. His legacy as a football legend is secure. Rest in Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 There's a documentary somewhere, it will surface now I reckon. It's quite saddening to see how he was alone in Naples and literally exploited by wannabe Mafiosa bosses, and treated like a personal entertainer in the early hours before a game. They ruined him. He was always hot-blooded and hot-headed, but he was alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just now, Mostyn6 said: There's a documentary somewhere, it will surface now I reckon. It's quite saddening to see how he was alone in Naples and literally exploited by wannabe Mafiosa bosses, and treated like a personal entertainer in the early hours before a game. They ruined him. He was always hot-blooded and hot-headed, but he was alone. The Maradona film highlights this..... weirdly enough my wife watched it a few weeks ago, she knows nothing at all about football and even less about Maradona.....she had watched it up until he moved to Naples and I asked her what she thought of him her reply was something like "he seems a really nice sensible family man, i like him"............i told her that the second half of the film may portray him slightly differently.....she didnt watch it...so i am guessing she is just about the only person who still has the opinion that he was a clean living family man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Couldn’t believe it when the notification popped up on my phone. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 On 14/11/2020 at 22:34, Beetroot said: We've got billionaire investment. I want glamour! Diego Maradonna or I'm done with this club and this forum. Ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, HorsforthRam said: Brilliant talent. Brilliant to watch. Genuinely exciting. It will be a shame if all posters can point to is his handball. Thanks for the memories growing up in the 80s. RIP The shirt from that game is owned by Radio Nottingham nobber and former Rams loanee Steve Hodge who swapped after the game . Was on loan at the football museum and was valued at 250k about twenty years ago. At the time the most valuable football shirt in the world . Done know if it still is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorsforthRam Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Talking about kicking lumps out of players in the 80s, there’s a documentary about the 1982 World Cup narrated by Sean Connery (I think). It talks about Maradona and how no team could play him until the Italians put a “one man army against him”.. Claudio Gentile. Brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I'm obviously on my own - great footballer, rubbish human being, not bothered he's gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, ilkleyram said: I'm obviously on my own - great footballer, rubbish human being, not bothered he's gone Maybe you should have avoided the Rest in peace Maradona thread then? It's not hard not to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Derby Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Fantastic footballer, just brilliant. I’ll never forget that second goal against England during the World Cup in 1986, it was absolutely stupendous. What a player he was. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Best footballer of all time, Messi & Ronaldo don’t even come close. I true genius RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 22 minutes ago, Rev said: Maybe you should have avoided the Rest in peace Maradona thread then? It's not hard not to post. You're probably right. But, equally, why shouldn't I express a different view? It's allowed in every other thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, ilkleyram said: You're probably right. But, equally, why shouldn't I express a different view? It's allowed in every other thread. Common human decency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olton Ram Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 People will have differing opinions about who is the best ever, but he was definitely up there in a very select group, with probably only Pele, Ronaldo and Messi for company. Considering who might be in the 'best of the rest' selection, i.e. Di Stefano, Puskas, Best, Cruyff, Zico, Socrates, Zidane, then it just shows how great he really was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, ilkleyram said: You're probably right. But, equally, why shouldn't I express a different view? It's allowed in every other thread. Out of curiosity why do you have such a low opinion ? Don't get me wrong if I could pick someone to go for a pint with he wouldn't be close to the top of my list but I have no Ill feelings. I know he has battled addiction and this impacted his career, notably being kicked out of a world cup. Lots of people battle addiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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