I note what you say, and do respect your views on Ozil and his views, but this was shameless and deliberate cheating, on a repeated basis, that deprived more deserving players, your players of their chance at glory in an era before multi millionaire footballers
And for that there can be no forgiveness, even sadness, only contempt

Think you take football too seriously if you genuinely hate a player that much, someone who you don’t even know. Even after death your abuse is poor in taste and unwanted, and very much in the minority.

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comment by SARS in their eyes (SWFC 11) (U7837)
posted 2 minutes ago
Trust me, when you support Sheffield Wednesday you can’t take it seriously, what i cannot stand is those who cheat others from what they are entitled to at the highest level, whether it is Johnson, Saville or Duego their memory shall not be purified by their death, there shall be no honour; only infamy
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You’re trying too hard now. Are you really this bored?

I'm genuinely interested in why you cannot understand that people are saddened by the death of a truly great player who most enjoyed watching play.
The handball was annoying thirty six years ago, but time passes and his career was so much more than that.
And as a side note, virtually every footballer has cheated to a greater or lesser degree.

Off to kill Kane because he dives. I assume those of you delighted with Maradona's death will also rejoice in the death of cheating Kane.

Wasn't the 1964 British football match-fixing scandal around cheating skum-bags from Sheffield Weds?

RB&W do the right thing and delete this muppet

comment by *Robbing Hoody - Clandestine Boat Pleb (U6374)
posted 4 hours, 26 minutes ago
People can call him a cheat all they like but I've seen people kick lumps out of him and he stayed on his feet.

Made a split second decision against a country which had not long been to war with his.
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And then celebrated it

An absolute legend though. Like a lot of people of my generation, I had one of those silky yet fake Argentina tops with 10 on the back that were ubiquitous in Spain in the 1980s.

RIP

RIP to a true great and an icon.

Unfortunately I’ve only seen highlights of him on the internet but from what I’ve seen, the pitches he played on, the opposition trying to kill him every game, what he did for Argentina & Napoli and what I hear from older people/footballers I think he was probably the best ever and definitely the most iconic player in the history of football.

If you’ve not seen the film ‘Maradona’ then watch it. Absolutely brilliant. I didn’t think too much of him prior to watching but what a man he was.

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Wtf


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He was a cheat, same as Thierry Henry.
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Absolute weirdo you mate, disrespecting someone who's just died because he cheated whilst playing a literal game
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I don't wish anyone dead, but he won't be missed by me.
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And you won't be missed on the United threads you disrespectful piece of chit.

Jesus wept, what’s this all aboot? Henry? Maradona?
So Their legacy should be marked with an asterisk because of a one time high profile incident?

So on the whole ‘Cheating’ thing.. I’m gonna assume you don’t have the same energy for players that do it week in week out? They are just cheeky little beggars I suppose.
We see it every week, doesn’t it fit into the same category?
But I guess a rainy mid week league game, doesn’t count.
No, it doesn’t tarnish their legacy.

I do think the Maradona handball came as a bit of a culture shock in England, where some forms of cheating were far more commonly accepted back then than others. It's still true to an extent today, but I think it's far less scorned upon than it used to be.

I also remember thinking at the time that it would have been much less likely for Maradona to score his second goal against any other team. England, and Fenwick especially, were pretty dirty in that game for their own standards, but other teams were far, far more cynical than them and would have acted more decisively to hack Maradona down far earlier in the move.

Maradona probably tried to cheat less than most footballers by at least trying to stay on his feet when getting attacked again and again.

Maradona is lying in state,watching Argentina fans file past it looks like everybody in Argentina has turned up to to pay their respects

Didn't G.Best also die on the 25th of November?

comment by it'sonlyagame (U6426)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
I do think the Maradona handball came as a bit of a culture shock in England, where some forms of cheating were far more commonly accepted back then than others. It's still true to an extent today, but I think it's far less scorned upon than it used to be.

I also remember thinking at the time that it would have been much less likely for Maradona to score his second goal against any other team. England, and Fenwick especially, were pretty dirty in that game for their own standards, but other teams were far, far more cynical than them and would have acted more decisively to hack Maradona down far earlier in the move.
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I agree on both points - the handball is more accepted in the erm latino based countries where the dark arts get you revered.

I remember Suarez in the world cup punching the ball off his own line saving a certain goal, in the hope his keeper would save the pen.

The second goal - vs Italy or Germany they'd have wiped him out and took the booking for the team, Peter Reid jogged back alongside him for the duration of that run

Well, sort of, Reid kinda gave up halfway through, and thought ‘yeh, Fenwicks got this, I’m fooking knackered’
Now Diego has gone, Peter might have a chance of finally catching him up.....

I doubt it.

Just saw a funny story on Twitter about Terry Butcher when he was part of George Burleys coaching staff for the Scotland team. They played Argentina in a friendly in 2008 when Maradona was managing them.
In the build up to the game Butcher was asked about Maradona to which he replied that he would never forgive him for 1986 etc
When asked for his response Maradona asked who was Terry Butcher