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This is a shame

  • 14-01-2005 5:57pm
    #1
    therecklessone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭


    Maradona

    He looks awful, what a terrible way to end up...

    :(


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  • #2
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    He was unrecognisable yesterday as the striker whose handball goal knocked England out of the 1986 World Cup

    ****ing typical SUN, what a bunch of **** they are!


  • #3
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    jank wrote:
    ****ing typical SUN, what a bunch of **** they are!

    They are right though? no?


  • #4
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    But they always go on about THAT goal dont they like its imprinted in their brains that they were cheated out of a world cup final and then also forgetting that in the same half possibly the greatest goal ever scored in football was by the same player.


  • #5
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    In fairness, he was hardly tackled all the way through that run, they stood off him like he was a hot potato.

    The state of him though.

    Stay away from drugs kids.


  • #6
    The Muppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,003 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    jank wrote:
    But they always go on about THAT goal dont they like its imprinted in their brains that they were cheated out of a world cup final -

    It is an they were. Sad as it is to see I have li ttle sympathy for him in his current state as it is self inflicted, looking at that picture Its hard to believe that he was healthy enought to play professional football less than ten years ago.


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  • #7
    JackKelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭JackKelly


    the sun wrote:
    The hand of God has not been kind to the 44-year-old Argentinian ace
    i see what they did there....


  • #8
    Big Ears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,981 ✭✭✭Big Ears


    The Muppet wrote:
    It is an they were. Sad as it is to see I have no sympathy for him in his current state as it is self inflicted, Kiijubg at that picture Its hard to believe that he was health enought to play professional football less than ten years ago.

    I think his last proffesional game was in 1997 , people would say that he's a terrible role model....but he's a great example of what can happen (to possibly the greatest player of all time) to someone when their life goes down a path of drugs .

    He didn't look nearly as bad a couple of months ago , when he started crying in that interview , I just hope he gets his life back on track . :(......not that its probably been in track for quite some time :(:(


  • #9
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    If you look at the match overall argentina deserved to go through. England only woke up in the last 15 minutes or so when Barnes came on.

    To me the greatest player EVER. Pele doesnt come close IMO, and deep down I think Pele knows it himself.

    Sad to see him now but I heard he is getting over his drug habits. Also heard that his son is getting involved in some Italian Reality TV show.


  • #10
    Pigman II
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    It's been said many times before 'Brazil 1958 & 1970 probably could have won the WC without Pele but Argentina 86 certainly wouldn't have without Maradona'. Best ever IMHO.


  • #11
    Draupnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Draupnir


    Maradona won the world cup on his own alright.

    As regards nobody tackling him, would ya go way outta that. He skinned Terry Butcher twice on that run alone, and nobody did that very often. Normally they were kicked up in the air.

    If you watch the full ninety minutes of that match, Maradona was fantastic, the Hand of God goal was a bit stupid alright, but its one of the most memorable things thats ever happened in a World Cup. Im just glad it was against the English, only they could stay this pissed off about it.


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  • #12
    Flukey
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    Pele is still a great ambassador for football. The 1958 and 1970 teams were full of stars, so saying they could have won it without Pele, doesn't mean that he was not as good as Maradona. Unfortunately he has been a great talent lost, like George Best and a few others. As to England and World Cup goals, there is always the 'goal' the Geoff Hurst got in the 1966 Final that certainly wasn't completely over the line. So maybe that balances things out.


  • #13
    knobbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭knobbles


    seansouth wrote:
    In fairness, he was hardly tackled all the way through that run, they stood off him like he was a hot potato.

    ..i think it was more of a case of him making it look easy than the english midfield/defence(team!) making it easy for him.

    Surely the most influential world cup performance ever.
    Pele was a genius in 1970 but the whole Brazil team were class.
    Maradona was the team in '86.


  • #14
    knobbles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭knobbles


    Draupnir wrote:
    the Hand of God goal was a bit stupid alright, but its one of the most memorable things thats ever happened in a World Cup.

    ..stupid, a cheat, though you could also argue it was very skillful.
    I seem to remember West Germany beating Argentina in the 1990 final with a very late penalty after i think Klinsmann "skillfully" dived!
    As suggested with the Hurst goal, What goes around....


  • #15
    evilhomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭evilhomer


    Draupnir wrote:
    Im just glad it was against the English, only they could stay this pissed off about it.

    hehe, not a truer word said! :p


  • #16
    BolBill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,709 ✭✭✭BolBill


    knobbles wrote:
    ..i think it was more of a case of him making it look easy than the english midfield/defence(team!) making it easy for him.

    Surely the most influential world cup performance ever.
    Pele was a genius in 1970 but the whole Brazil team were class.
    Maradona was the team in '86.

    Well surely you could argue that Maradona inspired his team. Lets face it, they scored 3 times in the final and he had an assist in only one of them....... :)


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