matticus
Guru
No need to remind us how short he was. Speaking ill of the dead and all that.
Agent Maradona recalled.
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CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
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- Hertfordshire
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
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- Hertfordshire
Dayvo
just passin' through
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Even when he kicks people he can only use left foot.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
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- London
I'd imagine someone on serious drugs is pretty boring.
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- London
Might seem like an unsympathetic response to someone who's just popped it (not speaking ill of the dead etc) but I find it hard to disagree.
I would be more forgiving if it was something that just happened and he benefitted from it.
But he made it clear that it was deliberate and he gloried in it.
I find this more pathetic than the sort of thing that gets me spluttering.
For I am more than willing to believe that he was a supremely gifted footballer.
But FFS it's football, kicking (or punching) a pigs bladder (now doubtless plastic) ball around, not expressing some sort of poetry about the human condition, as some would have you believe.
(in case by the way someone thinks I'm being an injured brit/englander about this - not true - and if any scots take a delight in this misdeed (I don't know) I find that equally sad - as a youngster i was somewhat pleased about england not qualifying for that world cup way back in the 70s, as I objected to the self satisfied idea that England were the best team/country in the world full stop.
So RIP Maradonna.
And do try to not get one over on god/your fellows in the other place.
I know he was revered by many in that troubled dysfunctional city Naples but I know one Italian who thinks he was a twat.
Adam4868
Guru
Lol... Nearly all football players cheat ! It's part of the game.The diving,throwing their arms in the air etc.Maybe a bit less nowadays with VAR.Yes I was gutted at the time but he was one of the best players to touch a football.Troubled of the pitch and a magician on it.Thats why it's such a big deal I guess.
Moodyman
Legendary Member
The handball is a sore point for many Englanders due to their sense of fair play.
But, many societies have a win-at-all costs mentality and would view a cheeky foul or handball as streetwise.
I once saw an interview where an Argentine journalist explained the Argentine population celebrated the handball as much as the wonder goal because Diego gained revenge through guile. After all, the English military had superior weapons and this was the Argentine way of getting even.
But, many societies have a win-at-all costs mentality and would view a cheeky foul or handball as streetwise.
I once saw an interview where an Argentine journalist explained the Argentine population celebrated the handball as much as the wonder goal because Diego gained revenge through guile. After all, the English military had superior weapons and this was the Argentine way of getting even.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
One was possibly a refereeing error, the other was DEFINITELY a player cheating to gain an advantage.
Neither fair nor comparable.
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
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I'd need serious drugs to get me through a night out with Shilton... Or even frivolous ones
Adam4868
Guru
My partner said they went crazy in her local when he scored that hand of god goal....she's Irish 😁
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am intgrigued by your apparent obesssion with shilton.
As a student I shared a flat with a woman who was a regular evening drugs user (though usually far weaker than maradonna's favoured substances) - well remember sat on the sofa with her and my other flatmate telling her that she was boring. Of course she thought she was interesting/rebellious.
(wasn't a footballer)
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
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- West Wickham
While I agree with your post, I don't get this "English fair play" bit. The English didn't build their empire on fair play.
"Perfidious Albion", and all that.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Said to be one million in the queues to pay their last respects. Can anyone think of an English footballer who would get that kind of reaction from the public?
