| Diego - would have been 62 today 09:15 - Oct 30 with 2189 views | Kilkennyjack |
Gone too soon. Sad. 🇦🇷
What a player.
He loved the Swans. |  |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 13:23 - Oct 30 with 2118 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Cheating druggie slime ball. |  |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 14:02 - Oct 30 with 2096 views | Gwyn737 |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 13:23 - Oct 30 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Cheating druggie slime ball. |
And the best ever 😉 |  | | |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 14:09 - Oct 30 with 2095 views | Badlands |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 14:02 - Oct 30 by Gwyn737 |
And the best ever 😉 |
And the best ever … cheating druggie |  |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 14:41 - Oct 30 with 2071 views | Kilkennyjack |
The greatest. | |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 15:18 - Oct 30 with 2047 views | howenjack |
I remember walking through Naples city centre a few years ago there were stalls selling football shirts and scarves . Just about every scarf had his name on it despite the fact he hadn't played for them for years. | | | |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 15:27 - Oct 30 with 2037 views | Catullus |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 14:02 - Oct 30 by Gwyn737 |
And the best ever 😉 |
Not for me, all his cheating rules him out of the GOAT debate.
I'd put Messi ahead of him if only Messi could do it at a world cup! So Ronaldo..... | |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 18:24 - Oct 30 with 2011 views | Fireboy2 |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 15:27 - Oct 30 by Catullus |
Not for me, all his cheating rules him out of the GOAT debate.
I'd put Messi ahead of him if only Messi could do it at a world cup! So Ronaldo..... |
Pele
No question |  | | |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 18:50 - Oct 30 with 2001 views | swan_si |
I would have been 62 tomorrow, but I managed to swap shifts, no on 2 till 10.
Old ones are the best  |  | | |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 18:54 - Oct 30 with 2000 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 18:24 - Oct 30 by Fireboy2 |
Pele
No question |
You can only be the best of your era and both Pele and Maradona did that.
Football was more competitive when Maradona was king and he bossed in in both south America and Europe.
I think that puts him above Peles MLS stint with the New York Cosmos.
Although 3 world cups vs 1 world cup and 1 runner up is clearly a very significant difference.
Both make any sensible World XI.
Not sure Pele loved the Swans as much though. | |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 19:21 - Oct 30 with 1983 views | Fireboy2 |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 18:54 - Oct 30 by Kilkennyjack |
You can only be the best of your era and both Pele and Maradona did that.
Football was more competitive when Maradona was king and he bossed in in both south America and Europe.
I think that puts him above Peles MLS stint with the New York Cosmos.
Although 3 world cups vs 1 world cup and 1 runner up is clearly a very significant difference.
Both make any sensible World XI.
Not sure Pele loved the Swans as much though. |
Pele played in era where great attacking players got the sh!t kicked out of them, heras Maradona era wasn't as rough.
The 1966 wc testifies to that where Pele got kicked out of it which in turn affected brazils chances of winning it. [Post edited 30 Oct 2022 19:41]
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 19:43 - Oct 30 with 1971 views | Fireboy2 |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 19:32 - Oct 30 by Treforys_Jack |
Maradona took an absolute hiding on the pitch, unbelievable player though, but his last few yrs tarnished his legacy, a bit like HJ tbh  |
Imo they werent as bad as the kickings that Pele took. | | | |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 19:49 - Oct 30 with 1965 views | Gwyn737 |
Always a good discussion as there’s never a “right’ answer.
For pure ability I’ll stick with Diego. What he achieved with not a particularly large amount of world class international teammates with Argentina, and winning Seria A with a mediocre Napoli team means he’s number 1 for me. | | | |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 19:58 - Oct 30 with 1959 views | Togg |
The Best! There is only one George. Shone brightly then burnt out too quickly. Crap pitches, with Hunter, Bremner, Harris etc trying to separate your legs from your body. True genius.
Put Cruyff on the list of greats. 1974 Holland team. Drank and smoked like troopers but did play a beautiful possession style of football. Blwdy Muller.  | | | |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 21:25 - Oct 30 with 1921 views | Lohengrin |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 19:58 - Oct 30 by Togg |
The Best! There is only one George. Shone brightly then burnt out too quickly. Crap pitches, with Hunter, Bremner, Harris etc trying to separate your legs from your body. True genius.
Put Cruyff on the list of greats. 1974 Holland team. Drank and smoked like troopers but did play a beautiful possession style of football. Blwdy Muller. |
As I’ve said on here God Knows how many times when I was a kid EVERYBODY wanted to be like George with a ball at their feet in the playground.
George Best was the one ALL us kids looked up to. He was simply the Best.. 
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 21:56 - Oct 30 with 1875 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 21:25 - Oct 30 by Lohengrin |
As I’ve said on here God Knows how many times when I was a kid EVERYBODY wanted to be like George with a ball at their feet in the playground.
George Best was the one ALL us kids looked up to. He was simply the Best..
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Alex Ferguson put Maradona, Pele, Cruyff, zidane, platini, and di stephano above Best.
George was a hero to me. | |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 21:59 - Oct 30 with 1870 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 19:43 - Oct 30 by Fireboy2 |
Imo they werent as bad as the kickings that Pele took. |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 22:16 - Oct 30 with 1862 views | Lohengrin |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 21:56 - Oct 30 by Kilkennyjack |
Alex Ferguson put Maradona, Pele, Cruyff, zidane, platini, and di stephano above Best.
George was a hero to me. |
When I was a kid at break time Maradona was probably on break time himself. If he was running around in the yard like us chances are he was dreaming of dribbling and dropping a shoulder like George.
I doubt anybody in the mid-70s was dreaming of playing like Alex Ferguson! 😂 | |
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| Diego - would have been 62 today on 22:22 - Oct 30 with 1856 views | RichardO |
Pele for me given the international team around him was pretty good and entertaining,
Diego was pretty good with a number of intense players around him.
Best never had that support at international level but at club level he had quality around him.
Sometimes the best players need support around them to be able to shine.
There is a nice long list of quality players we have seen over the years that have given us pleasure and anguish | | | |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 22:49 - Oct 30 with 1832 views | Fireboy2 |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 21:59 - Oct 30 by Kilkennyjack |
Well ..
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There aren't any videos of the kickings Pele took but his goals stats far outweigh maradona.
Plus he was a far better role model ðŸ˜ðŸ‘ | | | |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 05:36 - Oct 31 with 1774 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Diego - would have been 62 today on 15:27 - Oct 30 by Catullus |
Not for me, all his cheating rules him out of the GOAT debate.
I'd put Messi ahead of him if only Messi could do it at a world cup! So Ronaldo..... |
Messi won the golden ball award in 2014 as he helped Argentina to the final. They should have won it too, seem to remember Higuian missing a number of sitters. | |
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