RIP To Those Departed

[Boo Radley]

What a genius Maradona was. Messi and Diego by far and away the best players I’ve seen to play the game. As one commentator famously said of him as he scored his wonder goal against England, “different class, different class”.

Sad day for football, RIP Diego.

[Durly]

Maradona is, for me, the best player ever. Absolutely sublime talent. Lived a full and very colourful life but loved to play the game. Absolutely loved it. Rest easy DM.

[Mick Jones shoulder]

Genius gone.

[billysboots]

Another genius from Argentina , RIP Diego.

[weasel]

Maradona is, for me, the best player ever.

Would agree 100% For me better than Pele as Pele was a great player in a Brazil team full of great players. Brazil would likely have won the world cup without Pele. Maradona almost singlehandly (pun intended) took an ordinary Argentina team to World Cup glory and then the final 4 years later as well as making Napoli the best team in Italy for a few years despite them being fairly average.

[The Subhuman]

Maradona is, for me, the best player ever. Absolutely sublime talent. Lived a full and very colourful life but loved to play the game. Absolutely loved it. Rest easy DM.

Too young for Pele? Who for me stands head and shoulders. In fact I'm not sure Diego gets in that 70 Brazil team, the greatest I've ever seen. Cruyff would be second the epitome of finesse and vision. Best #3, not his fault he was Irish.. A perfectly balanced footballer with skill at least comparable to Diegos' if not greater.

[Mick Jones shoulder]

Pele, 1970 on the decline so not old enough to see in his pomp. My old fella always maintained Duncan Edwards would have been better than any of them.
Opinions as with every thread on here.

[The Subhuman]

No opinions no forum ..

[Chilli D]

Arguments will forever rage over who is the greatest player ever. Diego is certainly one of them. Such a shame his decline was accelerated by a cocaine addiction. At his best he was unplayable.
RIP Diego

[Mick Jones shoulder]

No opinions no forum ..

[White Riot]

Wow, Maradona dead.

I know he's had health issues for a long time, but it's still a shocker.

An amazing talent who lived life to the full and brought passion and entertainment on the pitch.

Probably the second greatest for me, as Cruyff is still the player who takes my breath away when I watch film of him playing.

Shame he tarnished himself with England supporters, including me, with the hand of God incident.

Great players shouldn't need to cheat like that.

RIP and thanks for the memories Diego.

[Boo Radley]

Shame he tarnished himself with England supporters, including me, with the hand of God incident.

Great players shouldn't need to cheat like that.

RIP and thanks for the memories Diego.

People forget that the hand of God incident was only four years after the Falklands War and that game was driven on a nationalistic fervour for the Argentine players. Each of them would have thrown their grannies at Shilton to get that ball over the line. The biggest pressure was on Maradona, and he became a national hero for it.

He was actually highly regarded for not cheating throughout his career. He was kicked around every pitch he played on, but he got up and played everyone doing this thuggery off the pitch.

Ronaldo would either have given up at twenty or won Oscars if he was subjected to a fraction of the punishment Maradona got.

[BobHirst]

The hand of God

60yo is no age

RIP

60 in Maradona years = 90 (at least) in a normal persons life.

RIP one of the best ever.

[The Subhuman]

Wow, Maradona dead.

I know he's had health issues for a long time, but it's still a shocker.

An amazing talent who lived life to the full and brought passion and entertainment on the pitch.

Probably the second greatest for me, as Cruyff is still the player who takes my breath away when I watch film of him playing.

Shame he tarnished himself with England supporters, including me, with the hand of God incident.

Great players shouldn't need to cheat like that.

RIP and thanks for the memories Diego.

TBH what with his addictions and weight explosions I thought he was already dead. I love Cryuff, no one like him before or since..

[Carrick Dave]

Best #3, not his fault he was Irish..

So....care to rephrase that?

[Muppet the Cat]

Without question one of the greatest players ever, although it is unlikely there will never been agreement as to is considered to be the numero uno, GOAT.

Although a somewhat flawed character in later life he almost single handed delivered the World Cup for Argentina in 1986 and two Siere A titles for Napoli in the mid/lates 1980’s...........an incredible talent.

RIP Maradona


(My wife came in after work and said have you heard Madonna has died )

[The Subhuman]

So....care to rephrase that?

Not really, you know I mean he had to play for Northern Ireland who were never likely to threaten a word cup win....It's the main argument for George Best not being one of the greats. Probably better than Maradona in my opinion

[Fridge]

RIP Maradona

Shame he tarnished himself with England supporters, including me, with the hand of God incident.

Every England player would have done the same thing

Every player in the world would


Heck, we had our very own ‘Hand of Roofe’ v Forest a couple of years back

[Smudge3920]

Every #1 in sport, music etc etc is always a very subjective and personal thing...I think it is safe to say that Maradona was definately one of the top 10 footballers of all time, definately a legend and he will always be a constant in any discussion/debate on who was the best of all time.

RIP Diego...keep your hands to yourself up there

[1964white]

RIP Maradona








Every England player would have done the same thing

Every player in the world would


Heck, we had our very own ‘Hand of Roofe’ v Forest a couple of years back

Not those days Fridge, cheating was introduced to the British game by the foreign contingent.

Now the premier league is riddled with it