I disagree

Primarily because the players surrounding Maradona at Napoli players were not of the class as the Barcelona players aroudn Ronaldinho.

Living in South America, I get to see constant reruns of Maradona games, and I think he was clearly a long way ahead of Ronaldinho at an earlier age, and at a time when it was still ok to hack people down mercilesslessly.
The game has changed - it's now a lot easier for skillfull players than it used to be.
The lad's very bloody good, but he's never be as good as the dwarf (or as big a t**t)

Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on January 30th 2006 at 15:36:50

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Greatest sportsman in the world? (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:09:18
- Schumacher, Warne, Wilkinson, Flintoff, (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Jan 30, 16:37:16
- Ali, or possibly one of Hearns, Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 30, 15:27:39
  - Lance Armstrong? (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Jan 30, 15:35:10
    - I wish he'd stop going on about it... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Jan 30, 15:45:52
    - Not even the best road cyclist. (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Jan 30, 15:43:07
    - All of these though have retired (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:41:51
  - Except Hearns at his best got a hiding of Hagler. (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Jan 30, 15:34:38
  - Boxing not a sports played by all (General Chat) - Pragmatist, Jan 30, 15:33:14
  - see also... (General Chat) - Small, Jan 30, 15:31:02
- Do you honestly think that we will all think Ronaldinho the greatest ever (n/m) (General Chat) - earlydoors, Jan 30, 15:18:08
  - shaping up to be as good as pele (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 30, 15:20:42
    - Can't be compared to Maradona though... (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 30, 15:25:24
      - well he did, (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Jan 30, 17:01:52
      - ronaldinho will be better than maradona (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:29:36
        
        I disagree (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 30, 15:36:50
        
        Disagree...Maradona's achievements at Napoli couldn't be done without him... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jan 30, 15:33:17
        
        I think scc doesnt realise just how poor napoli were (General Chat) - earlydoors, Jan 30, 15:36:59
        
        I do understand that (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:40:55
        
        Surely the fact that... (General Chat) - Dr Baker, Jan 30, 15:53:41
        
        These are all tricks which maradona did first (General Chat) - earlydoors, Jan 30, 15:45:22
        
        Funnily enough I saw a maradona goal the other day... (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 30, 15:51:30
        
        I don;t deny that Maradona was awesome (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:47:22
        
        This is an argument that can never be won (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 30, 15:44:33
        
        will be interesting to see (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:45:59
        
        cos anyone who wanted their stuff back went to his house and not the police? (General Chat) - pants, Jan 30, 15:36:49
      - He (Pele) did well to win those World Cups then (General Chat) - Hull Canary, Jan 30, 15:27:39
        
        Well spotted... I do concede that he may have left Brazil once or twice (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 30, 15:31:20
      - agree totally (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jan 30, 15:26:44
        
        Why thank ee (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 30, 15:27:32
  - definitely (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:19:30
    - He has to dominate a couple of world cups for a start (General Chat) - earlydoors, Jan 30, 15:23:46
      - not really - cos the game is different now (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:27:34
        
        "best team in Europe" (General Chat) - mr carra, Jan 30, 15:32:54
        
        no decrepid and clapped out collina for chels to (General Chat) - pants, Jan 30, 15:34:42
        
        I hope they DO beat Chelsea (General Chat) - mr carra, Jan 30, 15:37:52
        
        I hope he does prove it, cos it would be a joy to watch (General Chat) - earlydoors, Jan 30, 15:30:15
- John Holmes (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 30, 15:17:56
  - Persimmon Holmes (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 30, 15:21:01
    - Ain't frontin', Holmes. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 30, 15:22:07
  - ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Jan 30, 15:20:46
- Gary Neville (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 30, 15:13:50
- Phil 'The Power' Taylor (n/m) (General Chat) - Pragmatist, Jan 30, 15:11:18
- phil the power taylor (General Chat) - keith spanky, Jan 30, 15:11:03
  - we're talking about sports played (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:12:19
    - Two of those (General Chat) - Pragmatist, Jan 30, 15:15:47
      - but they are played in every country (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:18:43
      - Not middle class sports. (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Jan 30, 15:17:52
- Does he have to blah like a girl when he gets trophies? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 30, 15:10:50
  - That is annoying (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:11:53
- Where as you... (General Chat) - Brom, Jan 30, 15:10:09
  - Mature as ever (General Chat) - SCC27, Jan 30, 15:11:06
    - That's better... (General Chat) - Brom, Jan 30, 15:15:44

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