I don't like him. Nothing to do with drugs or denying children or anything else he did or didn't do in his flamboyant life. I don't like him because when I was 14 he cheated on what seemed like a monumental scale. It dumped England out of the World Cup which was a massive deal to me at the time. Far too often, people and events from history are judged on contemporary morals and it's happening here too. Books are banned for what is now inflammatory language, statues are torn down, people are condemned for saying something that is no longer politically correct. We live in a time where the President of the United States takes to Twitter every day to tell lie after lie and no one batters an eyelid. People lie and cheat and steal to the top and our society disgusts me on a daily basis. When I was 14 I'd been brought up on the mantra that cheats never prosper. The incredulity of Bobby Robson in the post match interviews after that Argentina game were genuine. Cheats just don't win, we believed that, yet here was one that had won, it defied logic. I don't feel bad that I still don't like him even now he's dead. I feel bad that if he'd done it today no one would care because everything is so corrupt. It didn't used to be. Maradona was the exception back then not the rule. That his cheating is nothing compared to the scale of dishonesty today is irrelevant, the first cut is the deepest.
With respect not all the deceased deserve respect. Where do You draw the line. I can think of a few that I hope rot in hell. As I assume you yourself do. Would you show respect for Hitler.? Think not. Tarby said. Des O’Connor will be up there in heaven with some of the greats. Saying he’ll still be avoiding paying his round. Was a lovely memory of the man as we all know, Des. Would be p1ssing himself laughing at the compliment. Lineker was being no different. Maradonna p1ssed himself laughing at the incident all his life after the incident.
I never understand that "don't speak ill of the dead" l never stick to it either, if they're tossers in life then they're tossers when they're dead. So many times the missus has said "so and so's died..." and I've replied "good riddance". "You can't say that...." "why? Am l going to start liking him now he's 6ft under?" I liked Maradonna though, and to be fair it was **** keeping for the hand of god.
Genuinely don't think we would. Cheating to gain an advantage seems to be looked down upon in Britain far more than in other cultures, for whatever reason. He was still an incredible player though, as well as being a bit of a lunatic off the field. The thing is, debating how his life would have unfolded were it not for his eccentricities and excesses is pointless, as without them he wouldn't have been Maradona.
Yep as I got older I could never understand how Shilton let that happen. As for Maradonna , couldn't stand the bloke when he was alive, so it would be hypocritical of me to say anything different now he's gone.
exactly this - how he played on the pitch was an expression of creative genius imho. Some of the stuff he did was outrageous and extrovert. That goes hand in hand with his character. He was an entertainer.
I don't think I can add anything to what's already been said. Thoroughly disliked the man but, for me, he was the greatest player who ever kicked a ball. Outrageous talent allied to his achievements in transforming fairly good teams into Champions. The weight of his individual contribution at the level he played at is unequalled.
Pele Messi Eusebio Best Puskas Maradona all brilliant players but in different eras so very difficult to compare. Each great in their own right.
She doesn't know who Madonna is? I can kind of understand Maradona if you weren't into 80s football, but Madonna! who doesn't know Madonna!
I don't get why our club social media have posted a tribute to a foreign drug cheat who's never done anything for English Football.