Originally posted by phil3000Maradona should have a statue in Stirling castle beside Robert Bruce for services rendered to the Scottish nation, folk hero that he is . Messi is good but he can't touch Diego.
You can't put that cheating fat bar steward colonel gaddafi lookalike Maradona in the
" best ever list " surely
Originally posted by Sicilian SausageWhen asked about the incident he alluded to England rather blatant cheating in their
Yes, he should be awarded the 'Golden Glove'. Indeed.
world cup win of 66, yes it was sixty six, just in case i forgot, anyway, he's folk hero in
Scotland and a better player than Messi will ever be.
Terry Butcher still hasn't forgotten it though, muhaha!
Originally posted by stellspalfieYou mean, back when English players, particularly those from lower leagues, were known as leg-breakers?
brilliant, yes. too brilliant i say. he's making everybody else look like a bunch of sunday league teams. i wonder how good he would be if we had the same rules as the 1970's?
Oh, wait, they still are.
Perhaps in the 1970s Messi would have been as good as, oh, Cruijff?
Richard
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThe first half of that is true, right and proper, the second half is nonsense. Of course Maradona is a Scotch[sic] hero, and of course he should be, and of course he deserves a statue there. But that's because he is a bad player, a horrendous cheat and an junkhead (IOW, he'd fit right in in any Glasgae pub), not because he's any good.
Maradona should have a statue in Stirling castle beside Robert Bruce for services rendered to the Scottish nation, folk hero that he is . Messi is good but he can't touch Diego.
Richard