Futbol GOAT vote

[BacktoCricaddict]

I was having this conversation with a friend a few days ago, and it turned into a Maradona vs Messi debate. I stopped watching futbol seriously in the early 90s, and have never regained interest. So, time is frozen in my mind. And to me, there is no one ... absolutely no one ... greater than Diego Armando Maradona. 

 

Who is your futbol GOAT? Why?

 

 

Edited June 18 by BacktoCricaddict

[BacktoCricaddict]

@Lord @Austin 3:!6 can this be pinned until FIFA 2026 is done? 

[Lord]

Voted other

 

Uzair Baloch

[Austin 3:!6]

Maradona is the best IMO

[coffee_rules]

Pele sabko pel dega

[coffee_rules]

4 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

@Lord @Austin 3:!6 can this be pinned until FIFA 2026 is done? 

Make votes public as well. That should be the default option who does a poll without knowing who voted for whom so we can debate and troll each other. Basic rule of public forum.

[coffee_rules]

4 hours ago, Lord said:

Voted other

 

Uzair Baloch

He used to practice here
 

 

[singhvivek141]

2 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

He used to practice here
 

 

Ye to Jameel mamu hai

[Gollum]

1 hour ago, singhvivek141 said:

Ye to Jameel mamu hai

Aditya Raj Kaul said that Jameel character is inspired from Atlaf Hussain of MQM. 

[New guy]

16 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

I was having this conversation with a friend a few days ago, and it turned into a Maradona vs Messi debate. I stopped watching futbol seriously in the early 90s, and have never regained interest. So, time is frozen in my mind. And to me, there is no one ... absolutely no one ... greater than Diego Armando Maradona. 

 

Who is your futbol GOAT? Why?

 

 

Messi has long surpassed maradona is so many ways

 

Heck, messi has scored more World cups goals after turning 35, than maradona in his entire world cup career

 

There is no comparison 

Edited June 18 by New guy

[Sandz]

Maradona should get the vote just for the hand of god goal against the POMs. They are still crying about it.

[Laaloo]

 

 

 

Not only father of the nation but father of football as well

[BacktoCricaddict]

16 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Make votes public as well.

Done, guru!

[Gollum]

Didi. Even Modiji approves

 

 

[Gollum]

9 hours ago, New guy said:

Messi has long surpassed maradona is so many ways

 

Heck, messi has scored more World cups goals after turning 35, than maradona in his entire world cup career

 

There is no comparison 

Football was much rougher back in the day, proper contact sport, and refs wouldn't even call many fouls. There is a reason longevity wasn't a thing back then. Lothar Matthaus would go for Maradona's ankles, to break them.  Fouling was very different back then, check YT videos man, just of Maradona being fouled....you'll realize that none of these modern players would have endured that kind of physical punishment. 

 

It is like comparing batsmen from pre-helmet era to modern greats. 

 

 

Edited June 18 by Gollum

[Gollum]

5 hours ago, Laaloo said:

 

 

 

Not only father of the nation but father of football as well

Bapu is also an ace WWE wrestler

 

[G_B_]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Football was much rougher back in the day, proper contact sport, and refs wouldn't even call many fouls. There is a reason longevity wasn't a thing back then. Lothar Matthaus would go for Maradona's ankles, to break them.  Fouling was very different back then, check YT videos man, just of Maradona being fouled....you'll realize that none of these modern players would have endured that kind of physical punishment. 

 

It is like comparing batsmen from pre-helmet era to modern greats. 

 

 

 

This.

 

Truth is maradona copped it hard in serie a. Still made unknown napoli win.

 

Won with a strictly ok argentina side in 86. Take out maradona and the 78 argie side was streets ahead of 86.

 

Messi had a much better team in 2022. Pele too was part of an amazing team

 

 

 

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

9 hours ago, Gollum said:

Football was much rougher back in the day, proper contact sport, and refs wouldn't even call many fouls. There is a reason longevity wasn't a thing back then. Lothar Matthaus would go for Maradona's ankles, to break them.  Fouling was very different back then, check YT videos man, just of Maradona being fouled....you'll realize that none of these modern players would have endured that kind of physical punishment. 

 

It is like comparing batsmen from pre-helmet era to modern greats. 

 

 

Famous Maradona marker was  Lothar Mathaus from Germany.

Edited June 19 by vvvslaxman

[Gollum]

Even Pele had it rough. 1966 Brazil was marked out for special punishment. Guys like him and Maradona had matches where they were fouled 20 times in a match. Today's players are much better protected and thankfully it is mostly about skills and athleticism, instead of MMA. 

 

 

[Gollum]

21 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Famous Maradona marker was  Lothar Mathaus from Germany.

So many videos on YT about fouls against Maradona, will make you flinch hard. Nothing like we see these days, no wonder players back then retired in their late 20s. Human body isn't equipped to handle that sort of punishment.