The RIP Thread

[Jeff]

He’s a bit before my time, I’m aware of him and his catchphrase and the charming company he kept but what made him such a ****?

We owed him money. All our other creditors accepted a deal to delay payment. Except him. He took it to court. We went into administration.

 

[Jeff]

We owed him money. All our other creditors accepted a deal to delay payment. Except him. He took it to court. We went into administration.

Hall is Leicester's monster creditor

The spectre of Dennis Wise has returned to haunt debt-ridden Leicester City - his agent, Eric Hall, is the creditor responsible for the club going into administration.

www.theguardian.com

 

[tedfoxxx]

We owed him money. All our other creditors accepted a deal to delay payment. Except him. He took it to court. We went into administration.

Money to do with Dennis Wise or something else?

edit - I’ll read that, didn’t realise there was any Leicester specific beef.

 

[Jeff]

Money to do with Dennis Wise or something else?

Probably to do with his role as an agent when we signed W*se.

 

[bocadillo]

Eric Hall: 'Monster monster' football agent dies aged 73

Eric Hall represented a number of Premier League footballers in the 1990s.

www.bbc.co.uk

I blame E.coli. If it had done it's job properly he would have been a goner over 20 years ago.

 

[bocadillo]

Probably to do with his role as an agent when we signed W*se.

Wasn't it over money claimed to be owed over the sacking of Wise?

 

[Jeff]

Wasn't it over money claimed to be owed over the sacking of Wise?

No. Wise was claiming for unfair dismissal, but that was a separate thing.

 

[Blaarev]

Diego Armando Maradona (60)

 

[pork pie fox]

Diego Armando Maradona (60)

Best footballer of my youth. I know he’s a villain in many eyes, but he was an outstanding player.

 

[camberwell fox]

Diego Armando Maradona (60)

Hand of God?

 

[fox58]

Hand of God?

It’s taken him now

 

[Miles Away]

Best footballer of my youth. I know he’s a villain in many eyes, but he was an outstanding player.

Only Messi comparable. The greatest.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Best footballer of my youth. I know he’s a villain in many eyes, but he was an outstanding player.

Yup, amazing to watch.

 

[pork pie fox]

Only Messi comparable. The greatest.

He wasn’t a footballer of my youth though. Football is magical when you’re a kid and watching the ‘86 World Cup, as a 10 year old, was like nothing I’d seen before. He was fantastic in that and was on another level to every other player there, on the biggest stage of all.

 

[Brown Nose]

I was too young to adore Best and I'm too old to get taken in too much by Messi. The genius of my footballing socialisation was Diego Armando Maradona.

I loved him, I hated him, I gasped at his genius and I tutted as his stupidity. His was the shirt the cool kids wanted when we played football. Number 10, Argentina or Napoli or Barcelona shirts. I was left footed, he was left footed. And that's where our footballing abilities diverged.

Maradona was a fabulous footballer and a flawed human being. He was surrounded by dangerous people and dangerous temptations. That he made it to his 60th birthday is a minor miracle. Reports suggest that he had grown tired of life and nothing stimulated him any more. He packed a lot into those 60 years though. An extraordinary talent. RIP Diego.

 

[bocadillo]

Plenty of adulation here, but for me he would find a place in ppf's "people who’ve died that we don’t really like" thread. He was a cheating **** and nothing he did will ever persuade me otherwise.

 

[pork pie fox]

I was too young to adore Best and I'm too old to get taken in too much by Messi. The genius of my footballing socialisation was Diego Armando Maradona.

I loved him, I hated him, I gasped at his genius and I tutted as his stupidity. His was the shirt the cool kids wanted when we played football. Number 10, Argentina or Napoli or Barcelona shirts. I was left footed, he was left footed. And that's where our footballing abilities diverged.

Maradona was a fabulous footballer and a flawed human being. He was surrounded by dangerous people and dangerous temptations. That he made it to his 60th birthday is a minor miracle. Reports suggest that he had grown tired of life and nothing stimulated him any more. He packed a lot into those 60 years though. An extraordinary talent. RIP Diego.

Absolutely. Puma Maradona Hero boots were the things to have, if you were in the know. Things of beauty they were.

The translation of the Argentine commentary for his second goal against England in ‘86 is amazing. I wish our commentators were that excited!

 

[Blaarev]

 

[homer]

Plenty of adulation here, but for me he would find a place in ppf's "people who’ve died that we don’t really like" thread. He was a cheating **** and nothing he did will ever persuade me otherwise.

Totally this

A disgusting cheating, drug-addled fat ****

 

[pork pie fox]

Totally this

A disgusting cheating, drug-addled fat ****

Yeah but you’re a bit old an’ all that, so it’s understandable that you think like that.