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Maradona was one of your flawed genius' and Messi (at the moment) seems to be the perfect genius.
I always find it hard to compare old and new players as the game has changed so much. Messi does what he does in a much higher tempo game than when Maradona was playing.
So, i'm going to sit on the fence on this one. Oh, and I still can't forgive the 'hand of god' incident. Brilliant players shouldn't need to cheat!
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Peter Shilton should never had been out jumped by a player over a foot shorter than him. Blame Shilton if your looking to point the finger. 
"There's no golden ring at the end of the ride... it's all bullsh*t." Tommy Gavin
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Shilton should have gone for Maradona as much as the ball if you ask me. Still, that was one hell of a jump!
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Diego's afro added a foot to his height though,shilts should have flattened him imo.
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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Think it`s fair to say that if you disagree with Murph you`re wrong!!!! just wondering Murph do you have a picture of him in your wallett.? lol
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So Matt you reckon that you can compare to two players without actually seeing either of them play live?
I wouldnt compare Pele with Maradonna because I've never seen Pele play live and can only rely on recordings.
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So Matt you reckon that you can compare to two players without actually seeing either of them play live?
I wouldnt compare Pele with Maradonna because I've never seen Pele play live and can only rely on recordings. Exactly my point I never saw Maradona play or Pele, so I'm not going to compare them with Messi, mainly because I know so many people who did watch Maradona say he was better than Messi
Upcoming world class players IMO for 2014 WORLD CUP:
K-P Boateng, Gotze, Sturridge, Kroos, Lucas Leiva, Hummels, Kyriakos Papadopoulos,
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Thats my point Desh!
Maradonna transformed Napoli on his own and also took Argentina to two world cup finals. Messi is surronded by world class players which makes life a lot easier for him.
I can garauntee you that if Argentinas had Messi instead of Maradonna in their team at Mexico in 86 they'd never had won the world cup.
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Upcoming world class players IMO for 2014 WORLD CUP:
K-P Boateng, Gotze, Sturridge, Kroos, Lucas Leiva, Hummels, Kyriakos Papadopoulos,
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Messi is a freakish force of nature but Maradona is simply inspirational in that he makes average players play above themselves by his mere presence.
In terms of skill, they are quite on par but i think Messi is slightly better at dribbling at pace. Maradona's freekicks are better.
Maradona's a real nutcase and @ss on the field while Messi will jsut walk away from a terrible challenge and make sure you're on your backside the next time.
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