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Drugs are back on Maradona.
 

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He's definitely on gear. Takes one to know one as they say.

In that first video, it's clear he's feeling the side effects after abusing coke and alcohol for so long.
Fair play, but I’ve been in worse states than that (alcohol fuelled) and I’ve never touched coke.
 

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I'm not going to defend his behaviour but the media's duplicity of going look at him, look at him, look at him, what a disgrace, look at him, is quite sickening. The BBC coverage is some of the worst for it too.
 

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Fair play, but I’ve been in worse states than that (alcohol fuelled) and I’ve never touched coke.
Just his mannerisms and the face he pulls give him straight away. I kind of feel sorry for the guy -- even though it's he's life etc and he's probably fecking loving it -- as daft as that sounds.

And good job for never trying. fecking horrible for your ticker.
 

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As posted in the game day thread, you have to be really far up yourself if you don’t find him entertaining :lol: or even if you don’t find him entertaining, but to actually have a problem with his antics
I image most are England fans who are just bitter that Maradona knock them out in 86 with a beauty of a header.
 

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It's not hard to guess what were his demands for this gig.
 

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Yeah.. no he's just a cnut who is very good at football. People love to glorify these "mad men geniuses". Reminds me of John McAffee. Just a twat who was good with computers.
Speaking of which:

 

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I would imagine he’s had periods of soberiety and relapses like most addicts. I don’t think he could have been nailing drugs constantly with his heart conditions and age.
On the contrary, he's probably still alive because he's never stopped them.


What do you mean?
It was a little pun. Coke is shit as it's a dull drug wannabes take, so in my mind you've taken no shit. Also, as a double meaning, you clearly don't know what someone looks like on too much coke with the booze so it's no surprise you think he might not be on it.

Now I've explained too much :(
 

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He'll get a virus.
 

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On the contrary, he's probably still alive because he's never stopped them.




It was a little pun. Coke is shit as it's a dull drug wannabes take, so in my mind you've taken no shit. Also, as a double meaning, you clearly don't know what someone looks like on too much coke with the booze so it's no surprise you think he might not be on it.

Now I've explained too much :(
Ah got ya. Yeah, probably haven’t got a trained eye lol
 

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The guy is a pure lunatic. Wonder how he gets his gear? Must have someone he really trusts. Not as If he can go and get it himself.
 

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Maradona has always been a lunatic really, and one who was fortunate to be as gifted at something as he was. I find it difficult to believe that his football fame led to his personal issues, and suspect they'd have been with him regardless of how his life went. You just can't separate the two sides of him - one genius and artistic, the other flawed and tortured.

Which is a common mixture in geniuses really. I don't buy that's he's become an embarrassment purely because he stuck his fingers up at opposing fans. That's standard fan behaviour, and one thing Maradona is equally notorious for is being an ardent fan. Anyone looking for a role model in him is looking in the wrong place unfortunately. He'll never change. For me though, Maradona was as inevitable to his pursuit as Picasso and Mozart were to their own. Even their names are poetry. He's likely not a very nice man, but there's magic in him too.
Exactly, which is why we also have had the likes of George Best, Gazza etc. Fine line between genius & madness and all that.

Sad to see imo.
 

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Interesting article from 1990, mentions about his injury problems.

His passion for the sport is such that it has been suggested he is shortening his life in order to play. He has two pins in his right ankle, the results of a variety of injuries over the years, and he lives with congenital back problems that keep him in daily pain. More than a year ago, doctors prescribed a monthly shot of cortisone, but during the nine-month professional season, Maradona takes cortisone shots daily, 30 times the recommended monthly dosage.

The cortisone causes him to gain weight, and he recently enlisted the help of specialists to lose 15 pounds in order to prepare for the World Cup. All this, while still taking daily cortisone, plus extra medication on game days.

Maradona is burning the candle at both ends, and this very well might be his last appearance in the international spotlight. He is old beyond his years, and he has taken perhaps more punishment than any player in soccer in the last decade.
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-06-14/sports/sp-623_1_maradona-soccer-injury
 

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He looks unhealthy. Sad but there's only so much the body can take.

People suggesting it may only be alcohol aren't really getting it. Alcohol is pretty fecking horrible when abused and this is an addict with problems. Assuming it is just alcohol.

He needs help.
 

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Attention | They count from Russia that Diego Maradona was transferred to a hospital.
 

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Attention | They count from Russia that Diego Maradona was transferred to a hospital.

Ffs... :( hope he's okay. He must be in a sorry state. The woman is clutching his wrist while looks completly out of it.
 

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Tbh he looks like he's on ket or something if you see the videos of him being guided on his feet and escorted by security. Other than that, his hand gestures and general behaviour in the world cup thus far suggests to me he is coked out of his nut. It'd be interesting to know how he can get away with it whereas your average joe would most likely be arrested by Russian authorities.

I don't mind seeing people under the influence of whatever they choose but these reports of him making racist gestures are bang out of order no matter what he is on.
 

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He’s a passionate guy and emotions run high at times like that.

A lot of this, like Lineker having a dig at full time smacks of bitterness - he needs to let this “hand of god” thing go.
Lineker, like many of the '86 team, is still resentful - which is understandable given what was at stake. But moral nonsense when you watch the game and see that Terry Fenwick should have been sent off a couple of times for butchering Maradona.
I don't buy that's he's become an embarrassment purely because he stuck his fingers up at opposing fans. That's standard fan behaviour, and one thing Maradona is equally notorious for is being an ardent fan. Anyone looking for a role model in him is looking in the wrong place unfortunately. He'll never change.
Spot on.
 

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Tbh he looks like he's on ket or something if you see the videos of him being guided on his feet and escorted by security. Other than that, his hand gestures and general behaviour in the world cup thus far suggests to me he is coked out of his nut. It'd be interesting to know how he can get away with it whereas your average joe would most likely be arrested by Russian authorities.

I don't mind seeing people under the influence of whatever they choose but these reports of him making racist gestures are bang out of order no matter what he is on.
If you were special guest of a some Russian oligarch you could probably get away with maaany things.
 

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Looks pretty spry for someone in the middle of a multiple decade bender. Hopefully it's nowt serious tonight and he's back on it for the France match.
 

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When i was a kid and life was tough, the best thing in those days was to watch that Napoli of Maradona. Gracias, Diego.
 

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He’s the only Argentinian who’s able to score consistently in Russia it seems

A different kind of scoring but all the same :wenger:
 

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He was absolutely smashed off his nut on sniff, on a top gantry with the whole world to see :lol: