When Gary met Diego

mysticsniper · 29 Mar 2006 at 15:32

Gary Lineker drops in on his former nemesis Diego Maradona. The documentary will be shown on BBC Television in the run-up to the 2006 World Cup.

I am no fan on Maradona, but this will be quite interesting to say the least, and I wonder what questions Lineker will have for the cheating sumbag

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Nate · 29 Mar 2006 at 15:39

"How much money have you wasted up your nose?.......allegedly..."

:rolleyes:

Giddy · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:03

NaTe said:
"How much money have you wasted up your nose?.......allegedly..."

I saw him in a club in Ibiza years back.. he was off his trolly and I don't think it was the water

sandy10 · 29 Mar 2006 at 16:49

He might of cheated, but still the Greatest Player of his era, and perhaps all time, and has led an incredibly amazing life, hence making that programme so watchable.

He did no worse than Drogba and Gamst-Pederson have done lately, and, given the chance, Lineker would have done the same!.

zenith10 · 29 Mar 2006 at 18:05

sandy10 said:
Lineker would have done the same!.

lineker woudln't. wasn't he the one who didnt have a yellow card in his whole career?

Efaws · 29 Mar 2006 at 18:11

NaTe said:
"How much money have you wasted up your nose?.......allegedly..."

Hopefully he will taunt him back, arnt you the man who sold himself out to some cheese and onion potato seller?

Ex-RoNiN · 29 Mar 2006 at 20:35

zenith10 said:
lineker woudln't. wasn't he the one who didnt have a yellow card in his whole career?

No, that was Stanley Matthews.

mysticsniper · 29 Mar 2006 at 20:49

Ex-RoNiN said:
No, that was Stanley Matthews.

Sorry, but is true for Lineker as well

Linky

atpbx · 29 Mar 2006 at 20:50

Ex-RoNiN said:
No, that was Stanley Matthews.

Gary Linekar was never carded.

He was also a completely awsome example of lazy goal hanging greatness.

sandy10 · 29 Mar 2006 at 21:51

Being booked has nothing to do with it...if the chance presented it'self, Lineker would have put it in with his hand.

Besides, Maradona wasn't particularly sneaky about it, it's the officials fault it counted, not his.

memphisto · 29 Mar 2006 at 22:10

atpbx said:
Gary Linekar was never carded.

He was also a completely awsome example of lazy goal hanging greatness.

I thought he was sent off at the end of his career in Japan ?

I could be wrong though

mysticsniper · 30 Apr 2006 at 18:31

Just bumping this thread, with a heads up for Tuesday night BBC1 22:35

Nedved11 · 30 Apr 2006 at 19:50

mysticsniper said:
I wonder what questions Lineker will have for the cheating sumbag

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Come again? Bitter?

I know Linekar is unbiased about it all and knows what a great player Marodona was. One of the greatest players there ever was, ahead of the overrated Pele by about 100 places.

mysticsniper · 30 Apr 2006 at 22:08

Nedved11 said:
Come again? Bitter?

I know Linekar is unbiased about it all and knows what a great player Marodona was. One of the greatest players there ever was, ahead of the overrated Pele by about 100 places.

I most people eyes he is one of the greatest and sure I'll even admit that, but it doesn't change the facts of what he did, or who he became

Carlos_S · 30 Apr 2006 at 22:44

Nedved11 said:
One of the greatest players there ever was, ahead of the overrated Pele by about 100 places.

Lol, I think 1,281 goals in 1,321 games speaks for itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFgkzOSBA2s&search=pele

Pele is God.

georges · 30 Apr 2006 at 23:59

Carlos_S said:
Lol, I think 1,281 goals in 1,321 games speaks for itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFgkzOSBA2s&search=pele

Pele is God.

That video is amazing. Also, what a record.

Nedved11 · 1 May 2006 at 00:07

Carlos_S said:
Lol, I think 1,281 goals in 1,321 games speaks for itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFgkzOSBA2s&search=pele

Pele is God.

OK. Most goals scored with Santos, oh yeah forgot what a great league that was. Then there was Brazil, only the famous Brazil team of all time per chance? Fact of the matter is Pele has always been around great players. Maradona was on his own, With Napoli in Italy one of the toughest leagues in the world as well as Argentina. That is greatness.

Yes Pele is a legend in his own right but he has nothing on Maradona.

Nedved11 · 1 May 2006 at 00:12

mysticsniper said:
I most people eyes he is one of the greatest and sure I'll even admit that, but it doesn't change the facts of what he did, or who he became

Who he became is irrelevant and nothing to do with us. What he did he got away with like so many others. You take your chances. Would Moore or Charlton got the same stick if they had 'cheated' their way to a goal at some point in 66' I don't think so.

mysticsniper · 1 May 2006 at 04:32

Nedved11 said:
Who he became is irrelevant and nothing to do with us. What he did he got away with like so many others. You take your chances. Would Moore or Charlton got the same stick if they had 'cheated' their way to a goal at some point in 66' I don't think so.

You mean like Beckham when he got sent off in the game against the Bargies in France 98

SexyGreyFox · 1 May 2006 at 10:31

mysticsniper said:
and I wonder what questions Lineker will have for the cheating scumbag

Why is he a cheating scumbag?
He lifted his arm up and punched the ball into the goal and none of the officials saw it.
Did you expect him to say "Sorry ref, I punched it in, its not a goal" or are you living in a fantasy world?
I can remember a couple of seasons later that Lineker slyly handled the ball into the net during an international match but he was seen.
Maradonna did nothing that every other player on the planet would try to get away with if they could.
The question that should be asked was why Shilton was a foot lower than a dwarf jumping in the air?