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Let midget get the better off him. His own fault really.Peter Shilton is the worst, isn't he? Bitter old bastard.
Let midget get the better off him. His own fault really.Peter Shilton is the worst, isn't he? Bitter old bastard.
Just be banged up and put on some sort of deviant list.Guy from the funeral home / morgue fired and faced photos having taken photo with Maradonas body.
Why have you bothered to come into a Maradona tribute thread to post all this sort of nonsense.Someone losing their life is always a sad occasion, but I will never, ever forgive him.
I'm sure he's devastated John Keiler from whatever the feck it is that you're from will never, ever forgive him. How will he live?Someone losing their life is always a sad occasion, but I will never, ever forgive him.
There is a fine line that is walked between being a genius and madness, us mere mortals should just be thankful we seen one in the shape of Maradona.Why have you bothered to come into a Maradona tribute thread to post all this sort of nonsense.
Was it the documentary “Diego Maradona”? Whoever hasn’t seen it I highly recommendJust about to watch the documentary film that's showing on channel 4.
Edit: Jesus, that tackle on him in the first couple of minutes...
Yes, it is.Was it the documentary “Diego Maradona”? Whoever hasn’t seen it I highly recommend
Ahahahahahahahahaha.Someone losing their life is always a sad occasion, but I will never, ever forgive him.
Has it been confirmed as a legit tweet then?? Surely not.Peter Shilton is the worst, isn't he? Bitter old bastard.
I didn't see any tweet, but I did see yet another interview from him banging on about that bloody goal. He should take a leaf from Lineker's book. It's incredibly small time to still talk of such things.Has it been confirmed as a legit tweet then?? Surely not.
Ah OK, few fella's showed me a supposed tweet from him (obviously a fake account) and it's disgraceful.I didn't see any tweet, but I did see yet another interview from him banging on about that bloody goal. He should take a leaf from Lineker's book. It's incredibly small time to still talk of such things.
Fake tweet. Shilton was on GMB this morning and came across very well.Has it been confirmed as a legit tweet then?? Surely not.
Glad to hear that.Fake tweet. Shilton was on GMB this morning and came across very well.
Hahaha if you are over the age of 12 then you are one really sad individual. What a hilarious childish idiotic commentSomeone losing their life is always a sad occasion, but I will never, ever forgive him.
We are in the Trump /brexit era after all.Hahaha if you are over the age of 12 then you are one really sad individual. What a hilarious childish idiotic comment
Feck me, I hated him in 86 as a ten year old but wow what a guy. No one other than Maradona could win a World Cup basically on his own..Tweet
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Is that the film that was out in 2019? Thinking of sitting down with a few beers and watching it on Saturday night, never seen it before and I have so much glowing respect for the manWas it the documentary “Diego Maradona”? Whoever hasn’t seen it I highly recommend
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Is that the film that was out in 2019? Thinking of sitting down with a few beers and watching it on Saturday night, never seen it before and I have so much glowing respect for the man
Yes, sir. You should. It was quite the watch. Very invite full on his problems with the media and also his own addictions.Is that the film that was out in 2019? Thinking of sitting down with a few beers and watching it on Saturday night, never seen it before and I have so much glowing respect for the man
It was also surreal to see so many people crying, mourning, singing, chanting, drinking, fighting with the police . All in one day...Feels absoutely surreal that the man is dead. Just seen his coffin going to the cemetery and still doesn't seem real.
I was a (relatively mediocre) football players on youth football back in the days, and I still remember playing on thin gravel fields (yes, believe or not, they were allowed back in the days). Whenever it rained you just needed to go to the ground to become a human walking giant bruise
Not to mention the official match balls back on the days: they felt heavy, tough, if you get one of those right in the face there were big chances you would pass out, and not to mention that when the ball got soaked with rain few were the players with enough courage to head a long ball before it bounced on the ground at least once .
I believe in the post match he was asked how does he feel that Terry Butcher said he wouldn’t shake his hand. He replied “I greeted the Scottish manager, who is Terry Butcher?”Tweet
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I didn't realise we had an aspiring Stephen Fry in residence. I do fear, however, that the great man himself would never have made mistake of a tautology such as 'unknowable enigma'. Nice try at being erudite though.Asking me to decode your words (before telling me more than I actually wanted to know anyway), suggests you think you're some unknowable enigma - the lone voice of reason. And not just yet another petty, joyless troll who desperately wants to be noticed.
The guy was a brilliant footballer who brought joy to millions. His lifestyle doesn't change that.
Interesting that you think everyone should bow to the majority opinion. I can see why anyone who supports England/or who actually played in that game remains bitter. They had a shot at glory and were basically robbed. There are always plenty of papers devoted to publishing panegyrics to Maradona.It's happened in this very thread mate - the tabloids are highly adept at reflecting an ugly vision back at the people who most want to see it, which is generally that everything is a war and someone is always to blame. Anyway, the majority can see it for what it actually is, the passing of a football genius whose life story is inextricably bound up in our own.
Well Vickery is a dyed in the wool South American football fan who has to justify it. It's sort of amazing how despite everything he did including winning Serie A with Napoli the guy's entire public legacy outside Argentina seems to come down to two moments.Tim Vickery on Off the Ball (4:01) making the point that the England defenders kicked him all game and one of them had elbowed him in the face. He says if the opponents were behaving like that, you might be a little cynical yourself.
I wonder if fans who feel so charitable towards Maradona today will sum up the same generosity when Luis Suarez passes.It took five pages but eventually somebody spoke the hard truth instead of reeling off 'RIP' like a drone.
Because that *really* 'adds to the discussion.'
Zidane's headbutt for sure. Possibly Charisteas' winner for Greece or Eder's? I'd say Aguero's goal or Michael Thomas' goal but club football isn't the same as representing a nation let alone one as invested in football as Argentina. Then there's the status of the player: Maradona was a player of obvious greatness. Eder is the opposite of great.Kind of makes me wonder what are some epic, career-defining moments that the best players of today will be remembered by. There's so much more highlights nowadays than before and its hard for a magical moment to stick out like, say, the Hand of God does. I feel that the WC still gives such epic performances a bigger boost than club football, at least in the public consciousness (More people know about countries than clubs).
Outside of Argentina or just in England where the press has been going on about the Hand of God business for 30 odd years?Well Vickery is a dyed in the wool South American football fan who has to justify it. It's sort of amazing how despite everything he did including winning Serie A with Napoli the guy's entire public legacy outside Argentina seems to come down to two moments.
Or England could have lost to Belgium or West Germany? That West German team had many fantastic players and England hadn’t exactly set the world on fire before that game. Their first goal came in the third game of the tournament.Interesting that you think everyone should bow to the majority opinion. I can see why anyone who supports England/or who actually played in that game remains bitter. They had a shot at glory and were basically robbed. There are always plenty of papers devoted to publishing panegyrics to Maradona.
Well Vickery is a dyed in the wool South American football fan who has to justify it. It's sort of amazing how despite everything he did including winning Serie A with Napoli the guy's entire public legacy outside Argentina seems to come down to two moments.
I wonder if fans who feel so charitable towards Maradona today will sum up the same generosity when Luis Suarez passes.
Well said. Could not have be said in a better way. There were many great players and there will be but nobody as charismatic as him.Being the best isn’t good enough to be the GOAT.
Most of today’s young football supporters think that Messi or Ronaldo is the GOAT, some of the older generation prefers Pelé. Diego Armando Maradona was something else.
He was more then a footballer with the biggest talent the world had witness. Hand of God. Drugs. Alcohol. Destructive lifestyle. Mafia. Corruption. It’s all there.
Then there are the other side of him. Unique leadership. Charismatic beyond imagination. A heart of gold. A one man show. A football general who almost singlehanded took his national team to a World Cup victory. The world of football has never witnessed anything like it, not before him and not after.
First we admired his unique talent. Then some of us hated him. Hand of God. Drugs. Cocaine. Then we felt sorry for him. Time goes by and again we still can’t decide if he’s the best ever or not but we can’t ignore him. Then he dies. It’s empty and in the end we are left with nothing but genuine love. A magician. The true meaning of being a legend. Something unique and unmatched.
There you have it. Diego Armando Maradona. Being the best isn’t good enough if we can’t love you. RIP your genius. You where something else.
True on both counts but if you are a top level sportsman you always back yourself to win surely?Or England could have lost to Belgium or West Germany? That West German team had many fantastic players and England hadn’t exactly set the world on fire before that game. Their first goal came in the third game of the tournament.
And it wasn’t as if Linekar didn’t try to do the same exact thing in the game but failed to palm it in.
1. I'm not English and I'm not inundated in Anglophone media. Why don't you try asking the average person or even a serious football fan born after 1990 what they think of when they hear the name Diego Maradona. I suspect the answer will be "football", "hand of God", "goal of the century" "world cup Mexico" or some combination of all those things.I can't be bothered editing down the entire post above @Haddock to isolate the relevant quotes but "the guys public legacy outside Argentina seems to come down to two moments" is an incredibly myopic Anglocentric statement reinforced by your ridiculous comparison to Luis Suarez.
So weird,Interesting that you think everyone should bow to the majority opinion. I can see why anyone who supports England/or who actually played in that game remains bitter. They had a shot at glory and were basically robbed. There are always plenty of papers devoted to publishing panegyrics to Maradona.
Well Vickery is a dyed in the wool South American football fan who has to justify it. It's sort of amazing how despite everything he did including winning Serie A with Napoli the guy's entire public legacy outside Argentina seems to come down to two moments.
I wonder if fans who feel so charitable towards Maradona today will sum up the same generosity when Luis Suarez passes.
Zidane's headbutt for sure. Possibly Charisteas' winner for Greece or Eder's? I'd say Aguero's goal or Michael Thomas' goal but club football isn't the same as representing a nation let alone one as invested in football as Argentina. Then there's the status of the player: Maradona was a player of obvious greatness. Eder is the opposite of great.