Off Topic Maradona - Moved from the RIP thread

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City Man said:
It was captured on film that's why it''s triggered the gullible.

The stats are freely available online, for example this year so far 311 whites have been shot dead by police and about half that number of black people (157) have been killed by police firearms.

It's the way they police their country and therefore not our concern.

I'm sure they find our woke police hilarious and bizarre when they dance with eco-prorestors when our capital has been brought to a halt, and no doubt some in this country would be outraged if the septics had a dig at our policing style., And why not? It's our business not theirs.

Now back to Maradona. Timely repeat last night on BBC2 of Lineker meets Maradona filmed in 2006.

Came across as affable, generous, polite, courteous and honest in his view of events.
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Worked with a Sheff Utd fan who couldn't get over the fact that when they signed Alex Sabella they could have had a 17 year old Maradona for £150,000 but passed on it. Though it came out later that it was because the security forces wanted a kickback and they were frightened of the comebacks if they had paid it.
Amazingly when they went to finalise the signing of Sabella they had first options on Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa. Keith Burkinshaw was on the plane and .United manager .Harry Hallam told him he had decided against signing them as he was worried how so many South. Americans would fit into one team in England. Burkinshaw wasn't going to le a chance like that go begging...
 
Dylan61 said:
Which was what I was trying to say
Why choose him? And not all the other foreign players who have no connection with English football (he's never for example played here). His only claim to fame as far as we are concerned is cheating to get us knocked out of the world cup
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Of course he's remembered for the handball,always will be and that's fair comment.But do you seriously believe that was his only claim to fame? In my opinion he was one of the finest footballers ever to Grace the game alongside players like Pele,Cruyff,Best,Messi...

Would you be saying Pele would not be deserved of recognition in similar circumstance? After all he wasn't English and never played for an English Club.
 
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Dylan61 said:
Which was what I was trying to say
Why choose him? And not all the other foreign players who have no connection with English football (he's never for example played here). His only claim to fame as far as we are concerned is cheating to get us knocked out of the world cup
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Why choose him? He's inspired and thrilled millions of players and supporters world-wide over a number of years. Widely thought to be the best there's ever been (subjective obvs). Why on earth should his passing not be acknowledged by the world-wide football community? It's about being respectful, not mealy-mouthed about the fact he's not English (oooh, criminal offence) and that he scored a dodgy goal against us.
 
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Plum said:
Why choose him? He's inspired and thrilled millions of players and supporters world-wide over a number of years. Widely thought to be the best there's ever been (subjective obvs). Why on earth should his passing not be acknowledged by the world-wide football community? It's about being respectful, not mealy-mouthed about the fact he's not English (oooh, criminal offence) and that he scored a dodgy goal against us.
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Well said
 
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It only says they were fired, but these are three of the workers.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/diego-maradona-funeral-football-b1762922.html


Claudio Fernández, pictured with another worker, gave a thumbs up gesture and smiled as he posed for a photograph next to Maradona’s funeral casket. Fernández’s 18-year-old son also appears in the same image.

"Diego Molina is the scoundrel who took a photo next to Diego Maradona's coffin.

they are an ambulance company or for transferring units. We sometimes outsource that service," said Matías Picón, one of co-owners of the funeral home.

https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/arg...otos-with-maradonas-dead-body-apologise.phtml
 
I also recieved a video to go along with the above post which shows the bald headed guy after his murder but I think it's too brutal to post here.
 
DMD said:
It only says they were fired, but these are three of the workers.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/diego-maradona-funeral-football-b1762922.html


Claudio Fernández, pictured with another worker, gave a thumbs up gesture and smiled as he posed for a photograph next to Maradona’s funeral casket. Fernández’s 18-year-old son also appears in the same image.

"Diego Molina is the scoundrel who took a photo next to Diego Maradona's coffin.

they are an ambulance company or for transferring units. We sometimes outsource that service," said Matías Picón, one of co-owners of the funeral home.

https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/arg...otos-with-maradonas-dead-body-apologise.phtml
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Fair enough, I'd not seen the pictures, I just saw that Claudio fella had been sacked and had apologised.
 
BBC 2 now Official FIFA WC1986 film

Michael Caine voiceover, 80s synth soundtrack
 
Watched something on maradonna last night, in his first season in Italy he was hacked down near enough every time he got the ball. Tough little cookie, can you imagine players of his elk being chopped down these days, they’d cry like little girls. The way he’d almost put defenders on their arse was just wonderful. One of a kind never to be reproduced!!!
 
Red top reader said:
Watched something on maradonna last night, in his first season in Italy he was hacked down near enough every time he got the ball. Tough little cookie, can you imagine players of his elk being chopped down these days, they’d cry like little girls. The way he’d almost put defenders on their arse was just wonderful. One of a kind never to be reproduced!!!
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It was in a martin Samuel article
In the 82 World Cup gentile fouled him 28 times before being booked!! Maradona complained to the ref and was booked!!
 
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