Maradona

[alan_corneli]

But what about PELE!!!

[trampie09]

A lot of people still have Pele as #1 above Diego, but there again a lot of Brazilians think 'little bird' was better than Pele so Garrincha could be the GOAT.

[Wales-Bales]

Messi is brilliant, but he is an evolution. Maradona WAS the revolution.

[thehumblegringo]

I watched it last Monday, superb documentary.
Hats off to Asif Kapadia for being so balanced in his representation of such a complex man, in a complex City.

I highly recommend watching it in the cinema cos the sounds and the visuals are sensory mind ****.

Having watched the documentary I believe far better men would have succumbed to the traps Maradona fell into given melting pot he found himself in.

Brilliant documentary and a must see for any football fan.

[thehumblegringo]

What I thought was an intelligent person, you’ve just gone to the bottom of the barrel

Any true football fan would put PELE above anyone else

Can’t respect your posts any more

Messi and Maradona for me.

[MOZZER2]

i would plump for Messi too but to me it's impossible to label the best ever . the game has changed so much over the years . it's the same with rugby the modern players would smash any of the great rugby sides from the past . imagine what football or most sports are going to be like in 20 years time . can the players get any fitter ? will the goals been made bigger , will they change the off side laws etc

[trampie09]

The last list I think I put out on the net I had Pele #1 and Maradona #2 , I don't think I had one single Englishman in the top 50, but there was a Welshman and a Northern Ireland player relatively high up the list.

[thehumblegringo]

i would plump for Messi too but to me it's impossible to label the best ever . the game has changed so much over the years . it's the same with rugby the modern players would smash any of the great rugby sides from the past . imagine what football or most sports are going to be like in 20 years time . can the players get any fitter ? will the goals been made bigger , will they change the off side laws etc

I agree it's impossible. Messi and Ronaldo etc didn't have to face what were basically assaults that Maradona and Pele faced but the game is a lot quicker now and the players are machines. People should also remember that Messi and Ronaldo are studied rigorously by opposition analysts for weaknesses etc and players of the past never had to face that.

[Tuerto]

I agree it's impossible. Messi and Ronaldo etc didn't have to face what were basically assaults that Maradona and Pele faced but the game is a lot quicker now and the players are machines. People should also remember that Messi and Ronaldo are studied rigorously by opposition analysts for weaknesses etc and players of the past never had to face that.

The Modern game is quicker now, although Maradona would be quicker as well. I've never seen anything quite like Maradona. The one thing people aren't talking about is his character, he could drag a team to victory, his presence alone was worth a goal or two. He wasn't scared of championing the poor and excluded or calling out corruption in the game or politically. He is a God to the working classes of Argentina and Naples.

[BLUETIT]

The Modern game is quicker now, although Maradona would be quicker as well. I've never seen anything quite like Maradona. The one thing people aren't talking about is his character, he could drag a team to victory, his presence alone was worth a goal or two. He wasn't scared of championing the poor and excluded or calling out corruption in the game or politically. He is a God to the working classes of Argentina and Naples.

How much have his cronies earned from selling DRUGS to the said “POOR” !!!!!

F ucking crook, never a footballer

[Tuerto]

How much have his cronies earned from selling DRUGS to the said “POOR” !!!!!

F ucking crook, never a footballer

I take it that you're talking about the Neapolitan Mafia? How was he supposed to get rid of them? Maradona was 'the poor', i'll let you work that one out.

[Wales-Bales]

I take it that you're talking about the Neapolitan Mafia? How was he supposed to get rid of them? Maradona was 'the poor', i'll let you work that one out.

He should have called the Sicilian Mafia, they'd have fixed it for him

[Wales-Bales]

[William Treseder]

How much have his cronies earned from selling DRUGS to the said “POOR” !!!!!

F ucking crook, never a footballer

The major flaw in your post, is we are discussing their footballing ability and not their character or personal life. If we were, we could call Messi a selfish greedy bastard for trying to avoid paying tax on the vast fortunes he’s making from the game..
But we’re not 👍

[Wales-Bales]

I would say Maradona brought the game into the modern age, as nobody had seen his level of skills before, and from that moment on every young player tried to emulate him. Today's players can do exceptional things with the ball, but it all traces back to Maradona.

[BLUETIT]

I would say Maradona brought the game into the modern age, as nobody had seen his level of skills before, and from that moment on every young player tried to emulate him. Today's players can do exceptional things with the ball, but it all traces back to Maradona.

What utter bollox

[Tuerto]

What utter bollox

Then put across an argument, all you do is swear or refer to innuendo.

[BLUETIT]

Then put across an argument, all you do is swear or refer to innuendo.

Just look up PELE !!!!

Leather ball, muddy pitches, no protection from referees, the pansies being mentioned would not have survived, unless they adapted.

PELE was/is the greatest player, ever

[Wales-Bales]

Just look up PELE !!!!

Leather ball, muddy pitches, no protection from referees, the pansies being mentioned would not have survived, unless they adapted.

PELE was/is the greatest player, ever

Pele was fantastic in his era, but he didn't have the moves that Maradona had when he burst on the scene. He was doing stuff that nobody had seen before.

[thehumblegringo]

Just look up PELE !!!!

Leather ball, muddy pitches, no protection from referees, the pansies being mentioned would not have survived, unless they adapted.

PELE was/is the greatest player, ever

Pansies ffs! Why do you even bother watching football anymore then. Go watch rugby a "real mans" game

[BLUETIT]

Pansies ffs! Why do you even bother watching football anymore then. Go watch rugby a "real mans" game

So you’re telling me you don’t see players rolling around in agony, because their hair clip has slipped

Football is what it is TODAY, but some of today’s players would not have survived previously, unless they adapted

[thehumblegringo]

So you’re telling me you don’t see players rolling around in agony, because their hair clip has slipped

Football is what it is TODAY, but some of today’s players would not have survived previously, unless they adapted

And same vice versa

[BLUETIT]

And same vice versa

Read that back to yourself and try and make sense of it

[Wales-Bales]

[MOZZER2]

think this little fella ricardinho would have been one of the greats if he converted to the 11 a side game .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0k0Ps6WxW0