IrishMacca
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He makes Mourinho look..sane. Would be fucking hillarious trying to watch the English media try and deal with him. Doesn't have much English does he?
Maradonna for City manager?
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Maradonna is one of the true greats of world football. Anyone who saw him in his prime who loves football can surely have nothing but admiration for him. Cheat? well most footballers cheat frankly, the professional foul cheated him of far more goals than he ever scored. In his era you needed real courage to make the runs he did as the referees gave far less protection they do now. He nearly had his career ended by the Butcher of Bibao, Goitkoxea and he still came back for more. In the quater final against England, Fenwick tried to kick him out of the game.
Drug taker, well he seems to have been a cocaine addict but coming from the slums with all the hangers on he ws probably exposed to more temptation and less guidance than most but he seems to have got over his problems.
Think it would be fantastic for football if he was to manage some of the current greats like Messi to the world cup.
Would not really think he would make a great club manager and don't want him at City though.
Drug taker, well he seems to have been a cocaine addict but coming from the slums with all the hangers on he ws probably exposed to more temptation and less guidance than most but he seems to have got over his problems.
Think it would be fantastic for football if he was to manage some of the current greats like Messi to the world cup.
Would not really think he would make a great club manager and don't want him at City though.
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Wouldn't piss in his mouth if his throat was on fire. Plus, nobody would be able to sing "who ate all the pies", as it would be pretty obvious.
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I have'nt read all the replies, but has anyone mentioned the small fact that he is a CERTIFIABLE LUNATIC?
By his own admission, he has picked some lesser known players on the basis of "having a dream".
Lord knows who he would pick if it was wet! (perhaps one of my old school mates Duncan Woodcock?)
By his own admission, he has picked some lesser known players on the basis of "having a dream".
Lord knows who he would pick if it was wet! (perhaps one of my old school mates Duncan Woodcock?)
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oakiecokie said:Adebayor's Hat said:
Fuck me I know Zaba wanted to play in the WC,but IMO he`s takin it too far !!
Isn't that Tevez tho in the pic??
Great players do not equal great managers. Ask Alan Shearer.
Or the Sunday League player Mourinho.
Maradona has no idea about defensive organisation, which is great when you have the world's strongest attack to play with in a tournament, but playing week in and out in the league, it becomes laughably predictable.
He HAS managed club teams before, and utterly failed with them all. Those calling for a 'few more years experience' obviously don't have a clue. He's already done it. He's failed. he got the Argentina job purely on his rep as a player. In the real world of management, rep as a player doesn't mean anything, how interesting and knowledgeable your training sessions are means everything.
This is why most players in the world would rather player for a shit striker from Gowan than the best player who ever lived.
Or the Sunday League player Mourinho.
Maradona has no idea about defensive organisation, which is great when you have the world's strongest attack to play with in a tournament, but playing week in and out in the league, it becomes laughably predictable.
He HAS managed club teams before, and utterly failed with them all. Those calling for a 'few more years experience' obviously don't have a clue. He's already done it. He's failed. he got the Argentina job purely on his rep as a player. In the real world of management, rep as a player doesn't mean anything, how interesting and knowledgeable your training sessions are means everything.
This is why most players in the world would rather player for a shit striker from Gowan than the best player who ever lived.
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<a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1287773/Des-Kelly-Is-madness-love-Diego-Maradona.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldc ... adona.html</a>
He bounces up and down on the touchline with that silver beard and bottle-black hair, looking like the product of an illicit union between Eric Cantona and a Tasmanian Devil.
Wild-eyed with rage and waving imaginary cards in one moment, kissing and hugging his players in happy tears the next, the madness of Diego Maradona is there for all to see.
When a player is fouled, he snorts along the touchline, arms flailing. If a chance is missed, he pulls his own hair in frustration. He sifts rosary beads through his fingers and punches the air repeatedly in delight. Watching the extraordinary performance, it’s difficult to avoid the thought that the fourth official might be better off putting down the numbers board and grabbing tranquilisers and a straitjacket instead.
But there’s no taking your eyes off him. And the craziest thing of all is that it actually seems to be working.
Method in his madness: Diego Maradona cannot be accused of not caring
Maradona’s madcap antics are cajoling the best out of his side, with Argentina materialising as arguably the most exciting prospect of the tournament, playing an uninhibited game that sparkles as brightly as their coach’s diamond earrings.
Few genuinely expected it to be this way, even back in his South American homeland. Not after Maradona used 80 players in his first year or presided over a 6-1 defeat at the hands of Bolivia, Argentina’s worst result in 60 years.
When he scraped through the qualifying campaign with a victory against Uruguay in the last game, a newspaper poll still found 80 per cent of voters wanted him sacked. The few brave enough to suggest Argentina might be winners in South Africa always added the asterisk that this team would succeed in spite of their coach, not because of him.
It was a logical assumption. Maradona’s selection strategy was described as unhinged when he left Inter Milan’s Champions League-winning duo, Javier Zanetti and Esteban Cambiasso, out of the squad.
More from Des Kelly... Des Kelly's top tips for making sure you have a World Cup to remember... 11/06/10 Des Kelly at the World Cup: Gazza's tale still brings a tear to the eye 11/06/10 Des Kelly: Land of hope and glory? We won't win World Cup, so just enjoy 04/06/10 Des Kelly: Let's pray a shoot-out is 'no choke' for Capello 28/05/10 Des Kelly: Is wheelchair basketball for victims? These guys are the wheel deal! 23/05/10 Des Kelly: Tragic sight of Hurricane Higgins that's blown itself out 21/05/10 DES KELLY: We love Joe Cole... especially now he is free! 14/05/10 RIO FERDINAND: I've beaten injury jinx and I'm ready to lead England 13/05/10 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE His tactics seemed plucked from the asylum when he elected to use four central defenders and no regular full backs. And his relationship with the brilliant Lionel Messi was supposedly tainted by a jealousy the young star might eclipse his own playing achievements.
If the country’s most talented collection of players in two decades failed, it would be because of El Diego. That may yet come to pass.
There is a fine line between genius and insanity and Maradona has always had one foot planted either side of that divide.
The two conflicting sides of that personality were evident in that infamous 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England. First, there was the cynical deception of his opening goal, which he famously called the ‘Hand of God’. Then there was the awe-inspiring slalom run to score the unforgettable second, which remains the best solo strike in World Cup history.
Compulsive viewing: Maradona
But by rights, Maradona should not be managing his nation at the World Cup. He should be dead.
The man has tried every conceivable way to bring an early end to his life; be it bloating up to 20 stones through binge-eating or stuffing various illegal substances up his nose. Those habits led to the inevitable heart attack at the age of 43, where he was only kept alive with the aid of a respirator.
Crowds in Argentina gathered at the hospital gates to lay flowers and say goodbye, others beat drums to ‘chant him back to life’.
To everyone’s surprise, Maradona recovered and, just 11 days after his collapse, decided to discharge himself, head to a series of barbecues, play a few rounds of golf (the sport for fat people, clearly) and, much less surprisingly, was promptly rushed straight back into hospital.
Alarmed at his mental state as much as his physical health, his family sectioned him in a secure psychiatric clinic in Buenos Aires.
Maradona demanded to be moved, first to a specialist centre in Brazil (but only if they built him a minigolf course) and then to Cuba.
As ever, he got his wish and left for Havana with his personal physician, lawyer and astrologer to stay with Fidel Castro. As rehabilitation plans go, it was revolutionary in every sense.
Maradona went on to host a chat show, undergo gastric-band surgery to lose weight and, on his 43rd birthday, a Church of Maradona was founded in his honour, or 43 DD as his followers called it. Naturally, he then staged his own resurrection, accepting the national manager’s job in December, 2008. It was all chaos and controversy at first.
When he was not shooting at reporters with an air rifle, he was receiving a UEFA ban for telling the media to suck his ****, or running over cameramen and blaming them for the impertinence of having their legs broken. ‘What an a**hole you are,’ he yelled. ‘How can you put your leg where it’s going to get run over?’
Action-packed: Maradona is buzzing
This week, he said Pele ‘should go back to a museum’ ; he slated Michel Platini after he heard the Frenchman had questioned his coaching ability (but apologised when he found the original remarks had been misquoted) and announced plans to run naked through the streets of Buenos Aires if Argentina go on to win the trophy. Basically, he is a 24-hour rolling news item.
But the signs are there is method in his madness. He has the knack — intentional or otherwise — of sucking up the limelight and taking the pressure away from his players. It’s Jose Mourinho, only with more goals.
Now Messi is playing superbly, the team are scoring with abandon and while the defence isn’t exactly solid, there is a tactical plan to overcome this weakness.
Maradona’s plan is to put Messi alongside Carlos Tevez, hat-trick hero Gonzalo Higuain and Real Madrid-bound Angel di Maria. Then he throws on Atletico Madrid’s £35million striker Sergio Aguero as a substitute and wonders how he might bring treble-winning European champion striker Diego Milito off the bench.
Tactics? There’s your tactics.
Maybe it will all turn out to be the delusions of a lunatic. Or maybe Maradona has somehow managed to capture lightning in a bottle, pulling every disparate element of his team together at precisely the right moment. My God, we could even end up liking him.
And just how mad would that be?
Read more: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1287773/Des-Kelly-Is-madness-love-Diego-Maradona.html#ixzz0rGAxLpvQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldc ... z0rGAxLpvQ</a>
He bounces up and down on the touchline with that silver beard and bottle-black hair, looking like the product of an illicit union between Eric Cantona and a Tasmanian Devil.
Wild-eyed with rage and waving imaginary cards in one moment, kissing and hugging his players in happy tears the next, the madness of Diego Maradona is there for all to see.
When a player is fouled, he snorts along the touchline, arms flailing. If a chance is missed, he pulls his own hair in frustration. He sifts rosary beads through his fingers and punches the air repeatedly in delight. Watching the extraordinary performance, it’s difficult to avoid the thought that the fourth official might be better off putting down the numbers board and grabbing tranquilisers and a straitjacket instead.
But there’s no taking your eyes off him. And the craziest thing of all is that it actually seems to be working.
Method in his madness: Diego Maradona cannot be accused of not caring
Maradona’s madcap antics are cajoling the best out of his side, with Argentina materialising as arguably the most exciting prospect of the tournament, playing an uninhibited game that sparkles as brightly as their coach’s diamond earrings.
Few genuinely expected it to be this way, even back in his South American homeland. Not after Maradona used 80 players in his first year or presided over a 6-1 defeat at the hands of Bolivia, Argentina’s worst result in 60 years.
When he scraped through the qualifying campaign with a victory against Uruguay in the last game, a newspaper poll still found 80 per cent of voters wanted him sacked. The few brave enough to suggest Argentina might be winners in South Africa always added the asterisk that this team would succeed in spite of their coach, not because of him.
It was a logical assumption. Maradona’s selection strategy was described as unhinged when he left Inter Milan’s Champions League-winning duo, Javier Zanetti and Esteban Cambiasso, out of the squad.
More from Des Kelly... Des Kelly's top tips for making sure you have a World Cup to remember... 11/06/10 Des Kelly at the World Cup: Gazza's tale still brings a tear to the eye 11/06/10 Des Kelly: Land of hope and glory? We won't win World Cup, so just enjoy 04/06/10 Des Kelly: Let's pray a shoot-out is 'no choke' for Capello 28/05/10 Des Kelly: Is wheelchair basketball for victims? These guys are the wheel deal! 23/05/10 Des Kelly: Tragic sight of Hurricane Higgins that's blown itself out 21/05/10 DES KELLY: We love Joe Cole... especially now he is free! 14/05/10 RIO FERDINAND: I've beaten injury jinx and I'm ready to lead England 13/05/10 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE His tactics seemed plucked from the asylum when he elected to use four central defenders and no regular full backs. And his relationship with the brilliant Lionel Messi was supposedly tainted by a jealousy the young star might eclipse his own playing achievements.
If the country’s most talented collection of players in two decades failed, it would be because of El Diego. That may yet come to pass.
There is a fine line between genius and insanity and Maradona has always had one foot planted either side of that divide.
The two conflicting sides of that personality were evident in that infamous 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England. First, there was the cynical deception of his opening goal, which he famously called the ‘Hand of God’. Then there was the awe-inspiring slalom run to score the unforgettable second, which remains the best solo strike in World Cup history.
Compulsive viewing: Maradona
But by rights, Maradona should not be managing his nation at the World Cup. He should be dead.
The man has tried every conceivable way to bring an early end to his life; be it bloating up to 20 stones through binge-eating or stuffing various illegal substances up his nose. Those habits led to the inevitable heart attack at the age of 43, where he was only kept alive with the aid of a respirator.
Crowds in Argentina gathered at the hospital gates to lay flowers and say goodbye, others beat drums to ‘chant him back to life’.
To everyone’s surprise, Maradona recovered and, just 11 days after his collapse, decided to discharge himself, head to a series of barbecues, play a few rounds of golf (the sport for fat people, clearly) and, much less surprisingly, was promptly rushed straight back into hospital.
Alarmed at his mental state as much as his physical health, his family sectioned him in a secure psychiatric clinic in Buenos Aires.
Maradona demanded to be moved, first to a specialist centre in Brazil (but only if they built him a minigolf course) and then to Cuba.
As ever, he got his wish and left for Havana with his personal physician, lawyer and astrologer to stay with Fidel Castro. As rehabilitation plans go, it was revolutionary in every sense.
Maradona went on to host a chat show, undergo gastric-band surgery to lose weight and, on his 43rd birthday, a Church of Maradona was founded in his honour, or 43 DD as his followers called it. Naturally, he then staged his own resurrection, accepting the national manager’s job in December, 2008. It was all chaos and controversy at first.
When he was not shooting at reporters with an air rifle, he was receiving a UEFA ban for telling the media to suck his ****, or running over cameramen and blaming them for the impertinence of having their legs broken. ‘What an a**hole you are,’ he yelled. ‘How can you put your leg where it’s going to get run over?’
Action-packed: Maradona is buzzing
This week, he said Pele ‘should go back to a museum’ ; he slated Michel Platini after he heard the Frenchman had questioned his coaching ability (but apologised when he found the original remarks had been misquoted) and announced plans to run naked through the streets of Buenos Aires if Argentina go on to win the trophy. Basically, he is a 24-hour rolling news item.
But the signs are there is method in his madness. He has the knack — intentional or otherwise — of sucking up the limelight and taking the pressure away from his players. It’s Jose Mourinho, only with more goals.
Now Messi is playing superbly, the team are scoring with abandon and while the defence isn’t exactly solid, there is a tactical plan to overcome this weakness.
Maradona’s plan is to put Messi alongside Carlos Tevez, hat-trick hero Gonzalo Higuain and Real Madrid-bound Angel di Maria. Then he throws on Atletico Madrid’s £35million striker Sergio Aguero as a substitute and wonders how he might bring treble-winning European champion striker Diego Milito off the bench.
Tactics? There’s your tactics.
Maybe it will all turn out to be the delusions of a lunatic. Or maybe Maradona has somehow managed to capture lightning in a bottle, pulling every disparate element of his team together at precisely the right moment. My God, we could even end up liking him.
And just how mad would that be?
Read more: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1287773/Des-Kelly-Is-madness-love-Diego-Maradona.html#ixzz0rGAxLpvQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldc ... z0rGAxLpvQ</a>
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coulsonblue said:
Maybe it doesn't but the fact that he was later shown to be a coke riddled , cheating shithead casts rather a large shadow on the validity of ANYTHING he
ever achieved, through cheating or anything else. The fact that he is allowed
anywhere near a football game, let alone as a national manager is an ongoing
stain on world football.
m7mcfc
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So be it but he has the only team that has done the business so far.yankblue said:
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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oakiecokie said:
Plenty of blues fit that bill....or do i know the wrong people?
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yankblue said:
Fixed that for you ;)
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how would the english players react to having to play for him?? maradona couldnt manage a big dinner outside argentina. he is idolised there. i doubt he even manages the argies. he picks the players(which pick themselves their that good) and they just get on with it. we have mancini and he has to be here for years and years
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yankblue said:
There's a lot of talent in the England team and one would expect them to be beating the likes of USA and Algeria regardless of their coach. :)<br /><br />-- Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:17 pm --<br /><br />
mancitymick said:
Did Cruff win the world Cup?
Did Cruff win the world cup single-handedly?
Layles
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poor zaba wouldnt get a game...
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Maradona is the best player ever. As for the cheating, Shilton looked pure class with that attempted punch. Most goalkeepers would say that in that situation you should take the ball and the man. If Shilton did this we wouldn't be talking about this goal now.
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carrconormcfc said: