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Diego Maradona

dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
he's my true hero.. a proper genius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hHhaHSaTlQ

excuse the shitty music.. not mine... but holy shit this guy was phenomenal!!!

(count the number of people who slide tackle him... i mean c'mon!!! first rule of defending is NOT to jump in :D .. especially with him on the ball)
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    hes was incredible !
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  • Fender_ManFender_Man Posts: 408
    The greatest footballer that ever lived? Yes IMO. Makes me laugh the amount of times he puts it on a plate for a team mate and they completely screw it up!
    His free kicks were out of this world, the closest I have seen to him was Gianfranco Zola and guess who taught him how to take a free kick? Yeah you got it, Maradona.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,208
    he was great but to find the best ever there is only one name ...

    PELE it's not even close ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Fu_ManchuFu_Manchu Posts: 422
    Maradona was out of this world.
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    dunkman wrote:
    he's my true hero.. a proper genius

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hHhaHSaTlQ

    excuse the shitty music.. not mine... but holy shit this guy was phenomenal!!!

    (count the number of people who slide tackle him... i mean c'mon!!! first rule of defending is NOT to jump in :D .. especially with him on the ball)

    The only Diego I know of is Dora's cousin.

    http://ninie0278.n.i.pic.centerblog.net/1pdkhaqj.jpg
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Maradona was more influential to me. Maybe it's becuase I used to wear the Puma Maradona's when I was 8 years old?
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  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    dissidentman wrote:
    The only Diego I know of is Dora's cousin.
    I thought he was Dora's brother...
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    He's a frikkin legend! Him and George Best are what it's all about.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Julien wrote:
    I thought he was Dora's brother...

    No, definitely cousins... :)
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    dissidentman wrote:
    No, definitely cousins... :)

    no-one really gives a fuck Mr. Appalachia 2008 ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38MjQGEhNDI&feature=related
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    dunkman wrote:
    no-one really gives a fuck Mr. Appalachia 2008 ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38MjQGEhNDI&feature=related

    Well I had to come up with somethin', since I have never heard of this dude...
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    dissidentman wrote:
    Well I had to come up with somethin', since I have never heard of this dude...


    you've never heard of Diego Maradona??? do you live in a condo in the woods or something?!?!?!?!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    dunkman wrote:
    you've never heard of Diego Maradona??? do you live in a condo in the woods or something?!?!?!?!

    Indeed my friend, I do.
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    I like these 2 guys:

    What is not to like about Fabio???
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EW5yRK6XpE


    And this guy. Apparently he takes his shirt off alot. :p
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnX8pYrxxXA&feature=related
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  • chinobaezachinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    is a cheater, an hypocrite
  • caifan82caifan82 Mexico City Posts: 321
    josevolution wrote:
    he was great but to find the best ever there is only one name ...

    PELE it's not even close ..

    Agreed 100%
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    josevolution wrote:
    he was great but to find the best ever there is only one name ...

    PELE it's not even close ..
    The public FIFA vote suggests the public disagree with you. Diego won by twice as many votes as Pele and FIFA gave them both the award because they didn't see it coming and felt it was an insult to Pele.


    Diego Armando Maradona is the best football player who ever lived. I only got the chance to watch him myself during the tail end of his career, being too young to have seen his heyday at the time but I've obviously watched back the 86 world cup and stuff. The best football player I have ever seen. It amuses me how English fans (not you obviously) tend to try to dispute that because of the Hand of God, as if he didn't score probably the best goal ever in the same match :rolleyes:
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    chinobaeza wrote:
    is a cheater, an hypocrite
    Are you just saying that because of the hand of god? He was the greatest player who ever lived.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dissidentman wrote:
    Well I had to come up with somethin', since I have never heard of this dude...
    o_O


    seriously?
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    It amuses me how English fans (not you obviously) tend to try to dispute that because of the Hand of God, as if he didn't score probably the best goal ever in the same match :rolleyes:

    I remember as a kid even after the hand of God everyone still wanted to be Maradona when we were playing footie and when asked who the best player in the world was you would still say Maradona.

    We were pissed off about the hand of God ... but still thought he was amazing.
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • chinobaezachinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Are you just saying that because of the hand of god? He was the greatest player who ever lived.
    yes, and the contacts with the mafia, the drug abuse, his support for Menem, etc...
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Chime wrote:
    I remember as a kid even after the hand of God everyone still wanted to be Maradona when we were playing footie and when asked who the best player in the world was you would still say Maradona.

    We were pissed off about the hand of God ... but still thought he was amazing.
    Maybe it's just people my age then :) You guys were around to see the Hand of God. Ignorant english people of my age, including my friends and one of my brothers who identifies himself as english rather than scottish ( :mad: ) just call him a cheating prick and ignore the fact he was a genius.

    His dribbling skills were ridiculous. Whether the finish was the best or not, that other goal against England, the "Goal of the Century" is technically the greatest sporting achievment I've ever seen.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    chinobaeza wrote:
    yes, and the contacts with the mafia, the drug abuse, his support for Menem, etc...

    Ivan Zamorano called... he wants you to stay out of Dunkmans thread ;)


    ok.. politics aside.. he's the world's greatest ever footballer... no question.

    is he an idiot who took too many drugs, shot journos, became a mafia showpiece, a man of questionable morals???? absolutely he is.. but he's also the greatest footballer ever.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    chinobaeza wrote:
    yes, and the contacts with the mafia, the drug abuse, his support for Menem, etc...
    Yeah, all of those affect how talented a footballer he was :rolleyes:

    Last time I checked, cocaine wasn't generally used as a performance enhancing drug in sports, it's used to get high. Any steroids he took were at the end of his career when he wasn't doing great anyway. Doesn't detract from his brilliance in any way.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    Amazing skills alright, but I prefer my sporting champions to be a bit more honourable and upstanding.
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    o_O


    seriously?

    Yeah, soccer players in the States get about as much press as chess players. Growing up, I couldn't name one soccer player.

    And the one's I can name now are only from this thread.
  • chinobaezachinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Last time I checked, cocaine wasn't generally used as a performance enhancing drug in sports, it's used to get high.
    I know, cocaine makes you worse at sports.

    PS: Hey dunk, say hi to Ivan :)
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Hinny wrote:
    Amazing skills alright, but I prefer my sporting champions to be a bit more honourable and upstanding.

    I'm not fussed if he shoves anchors up camel's fudds... he's a footballing genius.

    in one of those clips he does this thing where he kicks a ball about 30ft into the air vertically and lets it drop and kinda does the same thing again.

    that is the very same thing that Gary Lineker once said was the greatest thing he saw him do on a football pitch... Lineker, Platini and Beckenbauer were just in awe ... lineker didnt even try it...

    honestly try it... its nigh on impossible to kick a ball straight up into the air, let alone twice with half-volleys
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    chinobaeza wrote:
    yes, and the contacts with the mafia, the drug abuse, his support for Menem, etc...


    if that description fitted Jimmy Page then would that make him any less talented on guitar?

    a footballer can do what he wants off the pitch if he wants... just as genius musicians can as well.. as long as they produce the genius when its needed then whats the issue.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    dissidentman wrote:
    Yeah, soccer players in the States get about as much press as chess players. Growing up, I couldn't name one soccer player.

    And the one's I can name now are only from this thread.
    I find that weird. Ice Hockey doesn't exactly get press here but I know about Wayne Gretzky and I know Wilt Chamberlain and Shaq and Jordan from Basketball. I always assumed that everyone would know the greats like Maradona and Pele even Americans :)

    Christ, Maradona was even in the world cup you guys hosted, although he was a shadow of his former self and coked up to the eyeballs.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
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