Maradona

I mean call him a cheat all you want, he did handball it but intercourse me, there were plenty of chances to tackle him, and we forget the other goal he scored, again, because we didn’t get near him.

The statement from Napoli is brilliant and not a single club in the uk would come up with some as poetic and heartfelt as this:

"Everyone is waiting for words from us. But what words could we possibly use for pain as strong as that we are currently experiencing? Now is the time for tears. Later, it will be words."

Brilliant...

Quoted from devs

This - and people who reference his cheating take a look at Owen's dive in 2002 World Cup finals v Argentina
Cheating illegitimate???

Or two seconds before Owen losing his balance, Beckham rolling around like a bogey on a finger, clutching his achilles like an extra from Hostel. Owen falls over and Beckham immediately springs up, checks his hair and takes the penalty. Then checks his hair again

My enduring memory of Maradona is not the handball. That was cheating but it isn’t the sort of cheating that made me despise him. It was in the 1994 World Cup when he ran full tilt towards the camera and there was this horribly distorted face clearly full of some sort of drugs filling the TV screen.  He tested positive shortly after.

He thought he was bigger and better than the game that gifted him his fame. I admire his ability but I have zero respect for anyone who treats the game as their personal property and so shabbily.

lmao.

The bloke was the greatest player on the planet whilst hopelessly addicted to cocaine and often played completely off his nut. Think that deserves extra credit.

Quoted from ska face

lmao.

The bloke was the greatest player on the planet whilst hopelessly addicted to cocaine and often played completely off his nut. Think that deserves extra credit.

Exactly...just watch the film. The dude barely remembers some games...

I'm sure I read sometime in the past that his drug problems started when he was encouraged to take increasingly higher amounts of codeine to mask his injuries and get him on the pitch while at Napoli. The Mafia and betting rings played a big part in his degeneration.


To be as good as he was with minimal training and his lifestyle speaks to what a phenomenally gifted player he was. God knows how good he would have been if he took it seriously.

Quoted from ginnywings

I'm sure I read sometime in the past that his drug problems started when he was encouraged to take increasingly higher amounts of codeine to mask his injuries and get him on the pitch while at Napoli. The Mafia and betting rings played a big part in his degeneration.


To be as good as he was with minimal training and his lifestyle speaks to what a phenomenally gifted player he was. God knows how good he would have been if he took it seriously.

Boca Juniors paid £1m+ for Maradona. £1m+ more than they could afford. They had to try to recoup as much of the costs as they could by playing lucrative friendlies all over the world. Maradona had to be on the pitch, as the star attraction. That was when the painkilling injections started, long before Barcelona or Napoli

If you’ve not watched the film you should. Wish I was a few years older so I could have seen him at the time.

Quoted from LH

If you’ve not watched the film you should. Wish I was a few years older so I could have seen him at the time.

Don’t wish your life away. Nobody is that good!

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Just to be clear...

“Druggy, alcoholic, cheating, Argie” football genius = bad

Druggy, alcoholic, cheating, English Prime Minister of the U.K. = good

I think some people have some warped values

My feelings won't be any worse if Bozza went. In fact I'd be happier.