Harm Wrote:
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> Gazza Wrote:
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> > Pele, Best, Maradona, Di Stefano
> >
> > take your pick
>
> You forgot Cruijff. And why not Ronaldhino?


I didnt forget Cruyff. I left him out. Definitely one of the greatest though


>And why not Ronaldhino?

because I'm old enough to remember greater players..!! Brazil have produced so many sensational players, but the only one to come close to Pele was the late, great Garrincha.

NoMistake Wrote:
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> Anyone got a picture of maradona with the rolling
> stones? My greatest heroes..are there anyone?
> Please post...


heres' one of the 2 of them with Tony Curtis...



Mick appears to have been "blown out" for once....

Gazza Wrote:
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> NoMistake Wrote:
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> > Anyone got a picture of maradona with the
> rolling
> > stones? My greatest heroes..are there anyone?
> > Please post...
>
>
> heres' one of the 2 of them with Tony Curtis...
>
> [www.dafjones.com]
> rev3.jpg
>
> Mick appears to have been "blown out" for once....


Oh my goodness, that's MADONNA not MARADONA ... what a bugger ...

Meise Wrote:
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> Ah yeah, that's German/Durch football history. But
> what about 1988? What about 1990? What about ...
> ah c'mon, it's history and presently we will both
> have the chance to "meet again" this year ... :-)


Yeah your right Meise let's forget history and play it's all for fun you know (altough some think different about the fun issue)

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for fun?

Football is nothing more than war without bullets!!

I know Gazza I know

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Here's George Best dancing with his girlfriend (1.36). The Stones play The Last Time... how romantic...

Besty was always a Stones fan.

TooTough Wrote:
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> salar Wrote:
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> > he must have
> > been on dope..all thant screaming and jumping
> > around..very strange IMO.
>
>
> Like you during a Stones show ;-)

Wll..right you are...but I am not sure who if the Argentina team did turn on Mradona like the Stones did turn me on...or if....

NoMistake this is for you, Ron Wood and Maradona in a party..

[i4.tinypic.com]

Whoo Hoo pancho...He looks like Slash's kid brother



ROCKMAN

Hi Rockman! Slash rocks. I wish he was still playing with Axl. Okay, I guess I'm showing my age and/or lack of knowledge...Who is Maradona?

Hi Babe...Ya finally put the hose down?....mmmmmmm

Maradona...Champ who succumbed to lots of thangs

Here ya go honey....quicker this way

[www.diegomaradona.com]



ROCKMAN

DGA35 Wrote:
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> Question for all the knowledgeable soccer fans on
> the board: I don't follow the sport very much but
> from what I've heard, Maradona is arguably the
> best player of all time? Yes? No?


no, Pele is the greatest.

others in the frame?
Pele once said George Best was the greatest- so that's good enough for me.
also Beckenbauer.
Cruyff.
Moore the best defender of all time.
Puskas, Di Steffano,
Duncan Edwards (if he had lived)

an impressive group - wouldnt really argue with any of that (although I think Baresi would give Moore a serious argument for 'best defender' - and as Beckenbauer was mostly a sweeper, isnt he a defender too? ) , but I'd throw in Platini and Gerd Muller - the msot naturally gifted and prolific forward I've ever seen

Yes 'The Bomber', was certainly a great predatory goalscorer,similar to Jimmy Greaves (the best English forward of all time, imho).

b.t.w... one of the best biographies, i've ever read, and a truly heartbreaking and amazing lifestory, is that of Garrincha- a great book.

"Garrincha- The Triumph And Tragedy Of Brazils Forgotten Footballing Hero"
by Ruy Castro





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Gazza Wrote:
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> an impressive group - wouldnt really argue with
> any of that (although I think Baresi would give
> Moore a serious argument for 'best defender'

Ever noticed that Baresi looks like Keith?

Great players mentioned here. Have to add the genius of the modern football: Zidane. Don't know the connection with The Stones though. He's got the ability to see the whole field like Mick Jagger?



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Koen Wrote:
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> Gazza Wrote:
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> > an impressive group - wouldnt really argue with
> > any of that (although I think Baresi would give
> > Moore a serious argument for 'best defender'
>
> Ever noticed that Baresi looks like Keith?


I didnt, but now you mention it...



Just give him a headband and a cigarette and its possible!

pancho1111 Wrote:
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> NoMistake this is for you, Ron Wood and
> Maradona in a party..
>
> [i4.tinypic.com]


Must have been a real good coke party :-)))

This is from the after party on February 23-24, 2006



As you can see they changed tees, this is Woody in the middle of the trading

That's Franco Baresi kicking solid rock

Surprised that you English boys haven't mentioned Bobby Charlton yet.
Mario Kempes the "other" great Argentine. Eusebio from Portugal was player of the year around '66, the year Charlton, Moore, Hurst took the cup to the UK.
Who else? Fritz walter. Someone mentioned books re football. Fritz Walter used to write these incredible books about his life that were great reading. especially the ones about '54 when they won in Switzerland.
Oh, and Rossi! Italy has givenn so many great players: Meazza,Rivera, Mazzola.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

ChelseaDrugstore Wrote:
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>the year Charlton, Moore, Hurst took the cup to
> the UK.

England- not the UK.
Our Scottish, Welsh and N. Ireland cousins have never been crowned World Champions.

Sorry Adrian. need to get my etiquette right. LOL Protocol!

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

lol...no worries
we'll never win it again- so we like to bang-on quite a bit,
about the time we did.

the holy trinity:-

Wow - Maradona looks good. I mean, compared to the last time I saw him, when he looked like a coked-up Jabba The Hutt. He looks 20 years younger now.

Maradona played in a huge pro-celebrity charity match at Old Trafford, 2 weeks ago, infront of 71,000 fans, in aid of UNICEF. (see photo, below)

It's alleged, he demanded 100,000 sterling, to put in an appearance.
Anyway, as you can see, he's lost weight, and appears healthy.
I watched the game on live tv, he scored a penalty, and still had the skills and magical ability, if not the speed.

Adrian, who is the player on the left of Moore? That is Hurst on right, no? Is the other one Peters?

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

ChelseaDrugstore Wrote:
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> Adrian, who is the player on the left of Moore?
> That is Hurst on right, no? Is the other one
> Peters?


correct - (from left to right) Martin Peters, Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst.