What do you think of Diego Maradona, as soccer player and as couch?

Maradona as a player was brilliant. How he single-handedly won the World Cup in 1986. Beside his exploits at the World Cup, he turn Napoli into a powerhouse in the Serie A. As a coach, the verdict is still out. While Argentina had a poor qualifying campaign, they did lit up the world cup. So I am glad that he is given more time to prove his credentials as the coach of the national team.

It is true he was a very gifted football player in his day, but as a coach I am not so sure. I think he is only there because so many Argentinians love him so much. He has a great backroom staff and a talented team of football players on the pitch. So as a coach I am not convinced... As a Scotland fan I would give him 10/10 for his goal against England which has been nicknamed 'The Hand Of God' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eZhBCqh8l8

I think Maradona was a great player. He single handedly won Argentina the world cup and took them to another finals appearance. As a coach though tactically he is not great. That is known to everyone. But for a talented team such as Argentina it is more important to have a person who can inspire them and who can tell them how to be there and do that. I think that is the reason why Maradona has been reasonably successful with them. But he is shown up when it comes to the big teams such as Germany!! Cheers! Ram

As a player, no doubt about it, he is a LEGEND, even in Argentina he is like a GOD. Despite his"Hand of GOd`s goal" and his lifestyle, people adore him. But when he became a coach, there were so many controversies, especially when Argentina almost failed to qualify and had to play against Uruguay in play-off whatsoever...And unfortunately, Argentina had to go early in the World Cup 2010 after losing dramatically 0-4 against Germany. Argentina played beautifully, but it seems they didn`t know what to do after early goal by Mueller. They were shocked, panicked and shattered. Maradona didn`seem to have special tactic to overcome Germany, while we saw how successfully Khedira,Oezil prevented Messi from roaming around. But still, people forgive Maradona. Maradona is also known as supporter of Latin America`s leftist leaders, and he makes friends with Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, Raul Castro etc ( that is one of the points I like from him, even though I am not Latino). Maradona is considered the best player and an unique figure, but it would be better if he resigns as a coach

I think he was the best player ever when he played himself, but I think he does not really know what he is doing when he is coaching. Argentina did better than I thought though, so I guess they were not that bad after all, though!

Hahaha He was a good player on of the best and hey good luck to whoever gets him as a couch he would have a world cup winning couch infront of the tv that would give some good coaching tips haha to the fridge. All seriousness he was one of the greatest, he is loved in Argentina even though he didn't make it all the way to the finals must say alot about the guy