26 Nov 2020 15:05:51
Maradona video, just a lad in the rhythm playing with his football, mesmerising.

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1.) 26 Nov 2020
26 Nov 2020 19:43:44
Messi is better Maradona was.


2.) 26 Nov 2020
26 Nov 2020 20:08:08
Maradona Was the best footer ever for me! Just loved watching the bloke.


3.) 26 Nov 2020
26 Nov 2020 20:18:55
I remember a story about Maradona, I can’t remember who told it, I think it was an old England player, might have even been ed001 on here. But anyway the player said he was on a training pitch with maradona and maradona wanted to play a game with them. The game was to smash the ball as hard as you can directly into the air, then without repositioning you’ve got to smash it back up when it comes down again and see how many you can do. Maradona belted the ball as hard as he could, the ball came down in the exact same spot, he belted it up again on the volley and again it came down in the exact same spot and so on. No other player there could manage more than one without moving to catch the ball.
It’s amazing to think just how good he was and his mastery of a football even on them awful pitches. Only Pele comes close, but nobody has been better.


4.) 26 Nov 2020
26 Nov 2020 21:01:09
Acered, Messi isn't even in the same class as Ronaldinho for natural skill. Diego Maradona was a God.


5.) 26 Nov 2020
26 Nov 2020 21:02:13
Acered messi has admitted himself maradona was better. You really think messi could drag a poor Napoli team to a league title? The Argentina teams he played in where probably worse than messi yet he dragged them through too. Messi ain’t fit to lace his boots he’s been wrapped in Cotton wool and had teams built around him. He also let's players just run past him and won’t track back. Maradona was a fighter and would be the worlds best if he was I his prime now.


6.) 26 Nov 2020
26 Nov 2020 22:30:27
Acered Messi plays in a era your hardly allowed tackle!
Maradonna played in days when players crunched and smashed it’s a no contest! Maradonna all day!
The world won’t mourn Messi like they are the king!


7.) 26 Nov 2020
26 Nov 2020 22:32:24
You can debate all you like about whether Maradona or Pele were the greatest player ever but Messi, Ronaldhinho, Cruyff were in the next tier of excellence. For me, Diego was supreme.


8.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 07:25:17
Listen, just ask Pele who was the BEST player ever. He didn't come from Argentina or Brazil, but from Belfast and he made other players look like idiots on the worst of pitches. Love you Bestie.

{Ed0666's Note - George Best is a great shout for the GOAT. Personally I’m gonna have to go for Maradona because I can’t see past his divine talent.


9.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 07:44:49
How can you say Maradona is better than Messi because he played on worse pitches and got kicked more? How can you possibly know Messi couldn’t have done the same and would have grown up to be as tough?

Pure guess work.

Both are amazing footballers. I’ve been fortunate enough to see them both play live and I can assure you that I could not separate them.

Just enjoy them both for their brilliance across different eras of the game.


10.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 08:06:34
Maradona = football genius.
RIP. Very sad.


11.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 08:59:20
It was Gary Lineker who told that story. I remember him saying he was stood in the same spot just smashing the ball as high as he could. The England players tried it and were running all over the place.


12.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 09:07:52
None of that lot got anything on our GOD! :)


13.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 09:09:59
1985mikey1985 - Gary Lineker reminisced this story Tuesday night on BT sport about his time at Barca. The emotion came through the screen when speaking about him.

{Ed0666's Note - I think Maradona must of done that trick a million times in his career when he kicked up in air for miles really hard and repeated it again and again. I bet a host of footballers have a similar story to tell. Truly was the GOAT in my humble opinion imagine him without the drugs, and the unprofessional attitude to training what he would have achieved...he would have won world cups on his own for argentina.


14.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 09:41:33
AceRed "Messi is better Maradona was" but Maradona was cooler than Messi, just look at what Maradona achieved with his rock n roll lifestyle . imagine how good he could have been if he was Mr Boring like Messi, the world needs Maradona more than Messi.


15.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 09:46:51
Maradona was a fantastic player and probably up there as one of the best if not the best, i think the only thing that spoils it is the ' hand of god incident' and also the drug taking (who can forget the blokes eyes when coring in the world cup and running to the camera) this wasn't anything against his football ability but i think spoiled his legacy in this country. he carried his country to world cup glory and Napoli to the league title, not many other players have done this as Messi and Ronaldo in the current era had other fantastic players around them. RIP.


16.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 09:51:14
Acered - "Messi is better Maradona was" really? what I can tell you is the world needed a Maradona more than a Messi.


17.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 09:23:49
He did in 86 Ed.

{Ed0666's Note - more world cups then lol


18.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 12:41:33
AceRed, Messi is not even in Iniesta's league, IMO. Maradona is arguably the GOAT. Messi is not even near Iniesta, Ronaldo9 or Ronaldinho's class.


19.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 12:51:32
Messi is a phenomenal footballer.

However as far as I am concerned Messi achieved his greatest successes as the centre piece in fantastic Barcelona teams.

Maradona achieved his greatest successes as the one dragging inferior teams to victory (World Cup win for example) .

That for me is the difference.


20.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 13:11:09
Maradona was class. Pure class. Hand of God sucked. If he'd been born twent years later he'd play for either city, barca, real, psg, Chelsea, utd or Liverpool.

Amazing talent, tiny penis.

Messi is I real. I don't think it's a shut and closed case. The guy is a different player. The Argentines seem to think messi was their greatest player though.

My old man said esquobar or someone like that was the best, Portuguese I think.

{Ed001's Note - he did play for Barca and I am sure your old man meant Eusebio.}


21.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 13:59:32
Maradona is by far the greatest player I have ever seen. 86 was the most complete performance imaginable. The great goal against us, two superb goals v Belgium. All this in rubbish pitches. I have seen quite a few of the older players asked who the greatest was and whilst most mention Pele I have heard a number of them suggest Di Stefano. I’ve not seen any footage of him (not even sure there is any), but I know a lot of people such as George Best himself thought him to be the greatest.


22.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 14:10:14
I think it is an age thing. Anyone who saw Pele in his prime would say there is no competition. Just like a certain age group think Tyson was the best ever, when in fact Ali would have beaten him easily.


23.) 27 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 17:31:34
I don't think there is any competition. Maradona is easily the best footballer the world has ever seen. Messi is great but Maradona also shone on the international stage.


24.) 28 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 22:54:35
I'd say Maradona may well have been the best player ever. He was pure class, he could win a match single handed.

I'd say three top players, Pele, Maradona and George Best.


25.) 28 Nov 2020
27 Nov 2020 23:25:09
It's a given that if you're going to compare players over a career then you have to compare their achievements, even in a team sport. Maradona comes out clearly ahead. He never had any team built around him, serving his every strength. Maradona could do things with a football that even Messi will dream of doing.

And above all, we humans tend to value and appreciate masterful and supremely talented people with glaring flaws. Sounds sordid but that's how it is. And Maradona clearly had more of those too.


26.) 28 Nov 2020
28 Nov 2020 14:57:12
IMO, Ronaldo9, Pelé and Diego are my final 3 for the GOAT conversation. All others need not even bother applying.