Diego Maradona

[Bluemanc100]

RIP Great footballer but he'll always be remembered as a cheating c*** for me

 

[01cravend]

When they say drug and alcohol abuse takes years off your life they ain't lying

 

[Asa's left peg]

Its difficult to judge. I was lucky enough to grow up watching Pele and Cruyff and they played with great teams, not bit part players. Thats not to say they couldn't do it. They did it longer, probably because they looked after themselves, whereas as Marradona dragged himself up but couldn't rid himself of the dark side of his personality.

No doubt a great talent, but would have to be third on my list. IMHO

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

What a player. What a team. Look at the teamwork there. Wasn’t just all about him.
Willing to get stuck in and do the hard work.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

He used to have 2 injections before every game so he could play because his ankles were kicked to pieces

Don’t know whether true or not, but I did hear reports (maybe excuses) saying that’s what got him hooked originally, on pain killers.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

What a load of bollocks, he cheated and that is it at the end of the day, it wasn't an England player so that is irrelevant really.

Ask an Irishman how they feel about Henry.

Great great player. Brilliant player and a nice bloke.


The cheating bastard.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

You do if you're speaking to an Irish person.

Thierry (spit!) is a lovely man.

 

[bluealf]

When they say drug and alcohol abuse takes years off your life they ain't lying

 

[Uffa]

I'm too young to have ever seen him live, but if there's one thing I appreciate in players it's uniqueness. There won't be another like him.

 

[RayCTID]

RIP

 

[Blu3m00n91]

 

[01cravend]

Rock stars don't count..70 is still below average life expectancy though

 

[Cotswold Knight]

He was a cheat but you watch any game and there all cheating, claiming corners or throw ins when they know they had the last touch

 

[eastmanc]

The man was a football genius and when it was announced that he had passed away it made me very sad indeed, fantastic player, all be it very flawled. RIP Diego.

 

[tonea2003]

The ultimate price is not to have lived at all. We’ve all got to go sometime.

that goes for everyone mate

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Indira Gandhi once turned round to the writer Bruce Chatwin after a long, hard day's campaigning in which she'd met crowds of her supporters and said, "It is very tiring, being a goddess". Maradona knew something about that.

 

[mat]

Is Maradona considered a cheat worldwide, or is it just in England? And if so, I imagine the failed drug test also has something to do with it. Drug bans tend to follow you around a bit more because it's premeditated, whereas cheating in the heat of the moment is something all players do every now and then.

All the ones calling him a cheat seem to have got selective amnesia about Michael Owen against the Argies.

 

[Mike N]

The man was a football genius and when it was announced that he had passed away it made me very sad indeed, fantastic player, all be it very flawled. RIP Diego.

Absolutely spot on Dave! He was the type of footballer that made people like me and you fall in love with the game.

 

[bluealf]

All the ones calling him a cheat seem to have got selective amnesia about Michael Owen against the Argies.

Why? Does one wipe the other clean?

Owen was an utter cock playing for the scouse, real and scum confirms it to be true.

He got done for performing enhancing drugs how many games did he get away with it in before he was caught?

That is cheating, of course, we are bitter at the hand of god shit, why shouldn't we be?

English not Argentinian mate, even if Zabs is/was my favourite City player :)

 

[eastmanc]

Absolutely spot on Dave! He was the type of footballer that made people like me and you fall in love with the game.

Messi and Maradona for me the greatest two players of all time.