europop2005 said:great player...but hanging out with Chavez and Castro makes me a little red...i know he and Bono hung out in Argentina and he stole Bonos hat
J_NP said:He was a very good player , wouldn't say great , I would say that he was in the level of Cruyff or Platini for example , but for instance he's no match compared with the brazilians , besides he's has done so many bullshits in life , and I'm not talking' bout drugs.
jinn77 said:The greatest footballer bar none, EVER!!
CKONE said:overrated drug abuser if you ask me. if you pumped me full of all the chemicals he was on i could jump higher than peter shilton and punch a football.
totally overrated as a player and his other goal against England in 86 still looks to me like a terry fenwick own goal!
CKONE said:of course i am still hurting he may have had a few tricks up his sleeve but he can never be compared to a clean footballer. pele stands head and shoulder above all others.
CKONE said:of course i am still hurting he may have had a few tricks up his sleeve but he can never be compared to a clean footballer. pele stands head and shoulder above all others.
dabiggestu2fan said:
PSS Give me a break! Maradonna was a genius when he was young you can't deny that. You don't know what your talking about. And get your history right! Maradonna started doing drugs in the 90's and yes he screwed up but look at him now he is doing very well and in the 80's he was clean and he was a genius. He and Pele were soccer gods!
J_NP said:People this discussion with Pele is so out of place , dude Pelé is out of this world , in music he should be something like Elvis plus Beatles plus Sinatra , all the powers and the dones of these artists , I believe even some argentina people find it ridiculous to compare Maradona with Pele , even though it's completely needless I'm gonna say only a few things , Pele scored more than 1000 goals He won 3 cups for his country , plus the team of 70 is regarded as what would be in NBA the dream team , you can even put Pele out of that team , and it would be still unbeatable . and one last thing , Pele never needed to use his hands to make goals .
I'm sorry Celticfc , it seems that you are either or a argentinian or a big fan of Maradona , but he IS overrated mate , yeah sure he made a beautiful goal against England in that final , but tell me how many similar goals Ronaldo made like when he was in Barcelona ? Or even Romario or now Ronaldinho ? He was a great player , yeah sure that's a fact , but put him as #2 or 3rd best player ? That doesn't make sense , you gotta ignore players like Cruyff , Beckenbauer , Platini and so many others that I don't recall now . I would say probably Argentina had other better players , that aren't given the fame , coz they didn't appear so much in tabloids like Maradona . And Yes I've seen Maradona playing , sure it's great , but I still personally prefer like see Cruyff playing , what a player , his football and of that amazing Dutch team was beautiful , a shame Holland never won a cup , they did deserve
Edit.: Again for people who insist to put Maradona in same place of Pele , do the same of that beatles thread , if you go to a really remote place in the world , or maybe a small country in Africa ask anyone if they know Pele , they probably say "The brazilian that changed soccer " ask 'bout Maradona , I guess the ones who know him will likely say "The Argentinian player who was into cocaine ?"
J_NP said:People this discussion with Pele is so out of place , dude Pelé is out of this world , in music he should be something like Elvis plus Beatles plus Sinatra , all the powers and the dones of these artists , I believe even some argentina people find it ridiculous to compare Maradona with Pele , even though it's completely needless I'm gonna say only a few things , Pele scored more than 1000 goals He won 3 cups for his country , plus the team of 70 is regarded as what would be in NBA the dream team , you can even put Pele out of that team , and it would be still unbeatable . and one last thing , Pele never needed to use his hands to make goals .
I'm sorry Celticfc , it seems that you are either or a argentinian or a big fan of Maradona , but he IS overrated mate , yeah sure he made a beautiful goal against England in that final , but tell me how many similar goals Ronaldo made like when he was in Barcelona ? Or even Romario or now Ronaldinho ? He was a great player , yeah sure that's a fact , but put him as #2 or 3rd best player ? That doesn't make sense , you gotta ignore players like Cruyff , Beckenbauer , Platini and so many others that I don't recall now . I would say probably Argentina had other better players , that aren't given the fame , coz they didn't appear so much in tabloids like Maradona . And Yes I've seen Maradona playing , sure it's great , but I still personally prefer like see Cruyff playing , what a player , his football and of that amazing Dutch team was beautiful , a shame Holland never won a cup , they did deserve
Edit.: Again for people who insist to put Maradona in same place of Pele , do the same of that beatles thread , if you go to a really remote place in the world , or maybe a small country in Africa ask anyone if they know Pele , they probably say "The brazilian that changed soccer " ask 'bout Maradona , I guess the ones who know him will likely say "The Argentinian player who was into cocaine ?"