You don't have to be Brazilian, Argentinian, Italian or whatever to realize that Maradona was the most talented player of all times, he was just a level above Messi, Pele and the rest. Pele is right up there but Maradona's talent, skills and team leaderships are just unmatched. Neither Messi nor Pele ever played for lesser teams, neither one of them was fouled 150+ times in 3 World Cups. In fact Messi and Pele combined were fouled around 43 (Pele) +67 (Messi) = 110 times combined in 9 World Cups and are still below Maradona's record. I mention the fouls because Maradona managed to get up and play even with swollen ankles and hurt toes with mediocre players and still dominated.
Maradona es mejor jugo en la era mas dificil cuando el futbol era profesional y de alto rendimiento y aun se jugaba duro. Pele juego en una era en que su liga era amateur y ni siquiera era una liga nacional la mayoria de los equipos que se enfrento ahi eran equipos de segunda o tercera categoria.
you should react to palmeiras vs santos, final copa do brasil 2015 ( 2015 brazil cup) the hype on that game was so high, because of the rivalry and the provocative actions from both teams
Pele played 14 game in 4 World Cups and "won" 3 World Cups. lol. He only played 1 World Cup from start to finish in 1970 and even then he played only 6 games instead of 7. Maradona already played 12 games from 1982 to 1986, that's a big difference and made an additional final in 1990 and was fouled 150+ times in 3 World Cups. Pele was only fouled 42 times in 4 World Cups. That's how much better Maradona was, he had to carry all teams by himself and got butchered on the pitch.
Pelé 4 copas do mundo 3x campeão, Maradona 4 copas do mundo 1x campeão, Pelé 1283 gols, Maradona 345, Pelé pegou a Xuxa Maradona não, Pelé 0 doping, Maradona diversos doping... Pelé the King
obviously, I am biased because I am Brazilian but I think Pele was a little bit better, Maradona is also incredible but Pele is insane. Both are not talked about enough. Santos (Pele's club team) was playing against a team in Africa i think and there was a war going on, and they all stopped fighting to watch Pele play
@@javiermartinmehdi1914 Maradona era inferior em todos os quesitos em relação ao Pelé. Maradona tinha pouca variedade de dribles, predominando os dribles curtos, tipo Messi. Pelé fazia de tudo, era muito mais plastico e muito mais habilidoso que Maradoa. E um jogador muito mais completo. Você pode chorar o quanto quiser, mas isso é evidente. Todos os grandes jogadores argentinos, inclusive o proprio Maradona, sempre disseram a mesma coisa: Pelé estava acima de todos.
@@VictorDraganovLago Pele ninca jugo en Eiropa q siempre es el mejor futbol y mas dificil de jugar y de ninguna manera fue mas habilidoso ni pladtico ni estetico mejor q Maradona solo tal vez fisicamente pero ademas jugaba en un futbol q gambeteabas a un rival y este no te perseguia un futbol mas facil de jugar...
@@javiermartinmehdi1914 Na época do Pelé o futebol brasileiro era DE LONGE o melhor do mundo. É só perceber que em 4 Copas o Brasil ganhou 3, uma delas sem o pelé praticamente durante toda copetição. Até hoje, se não fossem jogadores sul-americanos, a Europa teria um futebol ridiculo. Para de idolatrar europeu, que eles nunca foram tudo isso. Real Madrid só é o que é por causa de Di Stefano e o futebol mundial só é o que é por causa do Pelé.
@@VictorDraganovLago En la epoca de Pele en la Argentina ni siquiera se entrenaban todos los dias los equipos es mas en el 58' 1er Mundial q gano Brasil con Pele Argentina se dio el "lujo" de no convicarva Di"stefano y Sivori balones de ORO en Europa x ejemplo...
Pelé paved the way for greatness in football. Maradona, Messi, the Ronaldos, all owe to Pelé the popularisation and value of quality playing. And he was the very best. He was CR7 and Messi put together in one player. The debate for second is open. I pick Maradona - nobody had Maradona's ball control and meant so much to all latinos as much as Maradona. * You should react to Garrincha. Garrincha had a complicated career. But he is there, on the top-5 of all time. Important people considered Garrincha better than Pelé in some aspects of the game. He also destroyed the 1962 world cup. Garrincha was Maradona before Maradona - a rebel, a beast. But you need to see who the man was too, not just the highlights.
I think that Pele is kind underated as u said, cuz brazilians use to treat their famous and successed people like that while argentinians use to treat Maradona as a god
@@raider3628 Si seguro, jajaja. Maradona gano 2 copas del mundo, una sub 19 y una de mayores en 1986 ademas de llegar a otra final en 1990, la copa que gano Maradona, la gano casi solo. Pele gano 2, una ni jugo!! El mismo Brasil de 1958 jugo la de 1962 sin Pele y la gano igual. Pele en 1962 jugo un partido y medio!!! El brasil de 1958, 1962 y 1970 la ganaba tambien sin Pele, la prueba es la de 1962 que el que lo reemplazo a Pele un tal Amarildo fue uno de los mejores jugadores del mundial e hizo dos goles en la final. Y que tal? jajaja
Listen man you dont know shit.’ Pele didn’t won a world cup by himself, in fact he only have 2 since he got his leg fuck up and after the first hame he was the whole tournament in bench also he had garrincha didi and baba so he haf a great team
Pele the greatest, 1000 goals, Maradona great player but only did 3 world cups, 3rd in USA HE WAS DRUGGED UP SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION WAS HE DRUGGED UP BEFORE, HE CHEATED AGAINST ENGLAND BY HANDING THE BALL IN NET , WHICH REF MISSED, HIS SECOND GOAL WAS AM OWN GOAL BUT GIVEN TO HIM
Unpopular Opinion: Pelé 'The King' does not deserve his crown Source: AAP Pelé is known as 'O Rei' (The King) in Brazil, but - at the risk of incurring the whole country's wrath - the former star is not the greatest of all time. Here's why. By Luca Flematti He won two World Cups, not three This needs addressing straight off the bat. Pelé always talks about his three FIFA World Cup wins, but there is no way 1962 should be counted for the purposes of the GOAT debate. In Chile 1962, Pelé only played one full match. He got injured early in the second group match and did not feature again, but Brazil went on to win the tournament at a canter without him, led by the magical Garrincha. What happened between World Cups? Pelé's defence depends entirely on World Cups, but they only roll around once every four years so what was he doing in the years between? He spent his entire club career at Santos in his native Brazil (save for two seasons winding down at New York Cosmos) at a time when the country didn't even have a unified national top tier. Santos effectively competed in a regional league, without all of the country's strongest clubs. Diego Maradona said Pelé would have had flaws exposed had he ever challenged himself in Italy or Spain. Maradona says some outlandish stuff, but he has a point here. It's not as though no South Americans were doing it at the time either - Alfredo Di Stefano, Jose Altafini and Omar Sivori are three who achieved great success moving to Europe's top leagues in that period. Media hype and being first Pelé was the most famous player in the world, and the best marketed. For a time he was the highest-paid athlete in any sport. The world loved his charisma and rags-to-riches story, and he and his club Santos were very good at capitalising on the media hype, with tons of international tours. So while some like Garrincha shied away from the spotlight, Pelé embraced it - and that probably did more for his legend than the goals he scored. Pelé was the first truly global star - and simply by being first, he set the bar and is the one against whom everyone else is measured. Fame built his legend and time has compounded it. He was never World Cup top scorer Pelé talks a lot about his goalscoring feats, but despite his three (two!) tournament wins, he never won the golden boot. You'd think the world’s best ever striker, in the winning team multiple times, would have managed it. In fact, Sweden 1958 is the only time he was even Brazil’s top scorer. In 1958 he scored six goals to Just Fontaine's 13. In 1962 he barely participated (as mentioned) but scored once while Garrincha, Vava and four others tied on four goals. In 1966 he scored only one again as Brazil were bundled out at the group stage, while Eusebio bagged nine. In 1970 he scored four to Gerd Muller's 10. Pele Pelé leaves the field after Brazil's 3-1 loss to Eusebio's Portugal at the 1966 FIFA World Cup Where are the other World Cup records? For someone who was meant to be mind-blowing in World Cups, he is conspicuously absent from the scoring records... Most World Cup goals - total: Miroslav Klose (16) Most goals - single tournament: Just Fontaine (13) Most goals - single match: Oleg Salenko (5) Most goals in a final: Geoff Hurst (3) Most games won: Miroslav Klose (17) He did not score 1283 goals While we're clearing up stats, another myth in need of debunking is Pelé's career goal tally. 526 of the 1283 goals he proudly claims were scored in friendlies or exhibition matches. Enough said, really. His official record of 757 strikes in 812 games is still incredible without the exaggeration, but a bit more mortal. Always in the best team, was he even the best Brazilian? Best player in the world? Was he even best player in Brazil? Pelé played with legendary teammates. There’s a solid argument that Garrincha was just as good as if not better than Pelé in 1958 and 1962. Those teams also featured the likes of Vava, Didi, Altafini, and Djalma Santos. In Sweden 1958 Pelé did not score till the quarter-finals, and plundered five of his total six goals in 5-2 thrashings of both France and Sweden. Chile 1962 was won essentially without him, and the Brazil team of Mexico 1970 is regarded as the greatest in history, stacked with greats like Rivellino, Carlos Alberto, Jairzinho, Tostao and more. In Pelé's 'FIFA 100' list of greatest footballers, he excluded so many former World Cup-winning teammates - Garrincha, Vava, Didi, Jairzinho, Gerson, Mario Zagallo and Hilderaldo Bellini among those who failed to make the cut. Was he trying to downplay their importance to his success? When sexy Brazil revived their love affair with football It is 50 years since the samba kings from Brazil danced their way to a third world title with a brand of mesmerising attacking football that drew universal acclaim. The World Game explains how the Brazilians turned their 1966 World Cup nightmare into a glorious triumph at Mexico 1970. Nostalgia Football fans are loyal to their favourites. The great players in fans' peak years of interest are likely to be put on untouchable pedestals. It becomes more about emotion than logic. Pelé admirers would likely never concede he's been eclipsed, even if all his records were broken. Same with those who watched Maradona, and us too watching Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo now. We're told our whole lives that Pelé's the GOAT like it's footballing law. And no matter what current players do (e.g. shattering Ballon d'Or and European goalscoring records...) there's strong resistance to changing that established narrative by large sections of the football community. World Cup’s importance overrated The crux of the argument against Pelé is that the World Cup should not be so heavily weighted as a defining factor in a player’s career - winning it or not. It's not the be-all and end-all. It should not elevate players to legend status if they win it, and it should not rule them out of the GOAT conversation if they never do. It’s a three-week, knock-out tournament held just once every four years - cut-throat. Timing has to be perfect (form, injuries, the generation of players) and the difference between immortality and obscurity can be a matter of millimetres, one s**t referee call, the lottery of a penalty shootout, or sheer dumb luck. Ultimately, winning the World Cup doesn't prove you were a great player, just that you were in a great team. Conclusion With football progressing the way it is, new generations will continually eclipse the old ones. Pelé was the first global star but Maradona (and maybe others) surpassed him in ability, Messi and Ronaldo have gone further, and someone will go beyond them. 'O Rei' is legendary, potentially the best of his generation, but simply not the greatest of all time. Comparing players from different generations is a fraught exercise, but the Pelé story we've all been told - that he himself tells loudest - just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
Maradona is the number One Im from Argentina
I'm Argentine but for me pelé is the best and biggest in history, let's go river plate🤍❤🤍❤
Lmao 🤣 pele better than maradona? You gotta be river fun lol 😂 🐓
Pele played in a state league, against lower division level teams. Ronaldo El Fenomeno, is the best Brazilian footballer of all time.
Nunca existio , ni va a existir un jugador como el señor Diego Armando Maradona!
Pelé bota Maradona no bolso sem dúvida
Pelé, sem dúvidas
Maradona number one
You don't have to be Brazilian, Argentinian, Italian or whatever to realize that Maradona was the most talented player of all times, he was just a level above Messi, Pele and the rest. Pele is right up there but Maradona's talent, skills and team leaderships are just unmatched. Neither Messi nor Pele ever played for lesser teams, neither one of them was fouled 150+ times in 3 World Cups. In fact Messi and Pele combined were fouled around 43 (Pele) +67 (Messi) = 110 times combined in 9 World Cups and are still below Maradona's record. I mention the fouls because Maradona managed to get up and play even with swollen ankles and hurt toes with mediocre players and still dominated.
Pelé the best
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Maradona es mejor jugo en la era mas dificil cuando el futbol era profesional y de alto rendimiento y aun se jugaba duro. Pele juego en una era en que su liga era amateur y ni siquiera era una liga nacional la mayoria de los equipos que se enfrento ahi eran equipos de segunda o tercera categoria.
Pele was great but maradona played in more competitive leagues so for me maradona is the best
at Pele's time Brazilian leagues were the strongest leagues in the world. At Maradona's time, the same.
It should be Ademir da Guia vs Pelé vs Maradona
you should react to palmeiras vs santos, final copa do brasil 2015 ( 2015 brazil cup)
the hype on that game was so high, because of the rivalry and the provocative actions from both teams
Nenhum jogador pode ser comparado a pele simplesmente o melhor
R9 >>>>
here in brazil we use to say: Pelé by himself have won more world cups than Argentina
so…
Pelé>Argentina 🤣
😂bruh
Pele is in the museum
Pele played 14 game in 4 World Cups and "won" 3 World Cups. lol. He only played 1 World Cup from start to finish in 1970 and even then he played only 6 games instead of 7. Maradona already played 12 games from 1982 to 1986, that's a big difference and made an additional final in 1990 and was fouled 150+ times in 3 World Cups. Pele was only fouled 42 times in 4 World Cups. That's how much better Maradona was, he had to carry all teams by himself and got butchered on the pitch.
Pelé 4 copas do mundo 3x campeão, Maradona 4 copas do mundo 1x campeão, Pelé 1283 gols, Maradona 345, Pelé pegou a Xuxa Maradona não, Pelé 0 doping, Maradona diversos doping...
Pelé the King
Maradona is the best
obviously, I am biased because I am Brazilian but I think Pele was a little bit better, Maradona is also incredible but Pele is insane. Both are not talked about enough. Santos (Pele's club team) was playing against a team in Africa i think and there was a war going on, and they all stopped fighting to watch Pele play
Mara10...is a demon entering to heaven. The best.
Pelé is the true GOAT. He's dribbling and passing skills were higer than Maradona's and he was the greater scorer ever.
Mentira Pele no era mejor gambeteador MARADONA ni mas vistoso ademas la epoca de Maradona fue mucho mas dificil de jugar q la de Pele
@@javiermartinmehdi1914 Maradona era inferior em todos os quesitos em relação ao Pelé. Maradona tinha pouca variedade de dribles, predominando os dribles curtos, tipo Messi. Pelé fazia de tudo, era muito mais plastico e muito mais habilidoso que Maradoa. E um jogador muito mais completo. Você pode chorar o quanto quiser, mas isso é evidente. Todos os grandes jogadores argentinos, inclusive o proprio Maradona, sempre disseram a mesma coisa: Pelé estava acima de todos.
@@VictorDraganovLago Pele ninca jugo en Eiropa q siempre es el mejor futbol y mas dificil de jugar y de ninguna manera fue mas habilidoso ni pladtico ni estetico mejor q Maradona solo tal vez fisicamente pero ademas jugaba en un futbol q gambeteabas a un rival y este no te perseguia un futbol mas facil de jugar...
@@javiermartinmehdi1914 Na época do Pelé o futebol brasileiro era DE LONGE o melhor do mundo. É só perceber que em 4 Copas o Brasil ganhou 3, uma delas sem o pelé praticamente durante toda copetição. Até hoje, se não fossem jogadores sul-americanos, a Europa teria um futebol ridiculo. Para de idolatrar europeu, que eles nunca foram tudo isso. Real Madrid só é o que é por causa de Di Stefano e o futebol mundial só é o que é por causa do Pelé.
@@VictorDraganovLago En la epoca de Pele en la Argentina ni siquiera se entrenaban todos los dias los equipos es mas en el 58' 1er Mundial q gano Brasil con Pele Argentina se dio el "lujo" de no convicarva Di"stefano y Sivori balones de ORO en Europa x ejemplo...
Pelé paved the way for greatness in football. Maradona, Messi, the Ronaldos, all owe to Pelé the popularisation and value of quality playing.
And he was the very best. He was CR7 and Messi put together in one player.
The debate for second is open. I pick Maradona - nobody had Maradona's ball control and meant so much to all latinos as much as Maradona.
* You should react to Garrincha. Garrincha had a complicated career. But he is there, on the top-5 of all time. Important people considered Garrincha better than Pelé in some aspects of the game. He also destroyed the 1962 world cup. Garrincha was Maradona before Maradona - a rebel, a beast. But you need to see who the man was too, not just the highlights.
I think that Pele is kind underated as u said, cuz brazilians use to treat their famous and successed people like that while argentinians use to treat Maradona as a god
Pele is a little bit above Maradona.
Pele is first in my opinion.
Maradona is the best!!
Noooo
No no no nooooooooo
@@raider3628 Seeeeeee
@@hectormatilla1580 pele 3 Word cup Maradona 0.. Pelé king of football
@@raider3628 Si seguro, jajaja. Maradona gano 2 copas del mundo, una sub 19 y una de mayores en 1986 ademas de llegar a otra final en 1990, la copa que gano Maradona, la gano casi solo. Pele gano 2, una ni jugo!! El mismo Brasil de 1958 jugo la de 1962 sin Pele y la gano igual. Pele en 1962 jugo un partido y medio!!! El brasil de 1958, 1962 y 1970 la ganaba tambien sin Pele, la prueba es la de 1962 que el que lo reemplazo a Pele un tal Amarildo fue uno de los mejores jugadores del mundial e hizo dos goles en la final. Y que tal? jajaja
Pelé won 3 world cups himself! Argentina with or without Maradona won only 2. Maradona was a genius. Just like Zico. But uncomparable to Pelé!
Listen man you dont know shit.’ Pele didn’t won a world cup by himself, in fact he only have 2 since he got his leg fuck up and after the first hame he was the whole tournament in bench also he had garrincha didi and baba so he haf a great team
Lie harder. Brazil had a good team and proof of that was them winning it without Pele, who was injured during the group stage.
Maradona god of futbol.
And god of youtube
Pele the greatest, 1000 goals, Maradona great player but only did 3 world cups, 3rd in USA HE WAS DRUGGED UP SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION WAS HE DRUGGED UP BEFORE, HE CHEATED AGAINST ENGLAND BY HANDING THE BALL IN NET , WHICH REF MISSED, HIS SECOND GOAL WAS AM OWN GOAL BUT GIVEN TO HIM
Pele did not play in 1962, and in 1958 play 2 games. He only play in 1970.
@@naninaninho6541 Em 1958 2 jogos e 5 gols kkk
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Unpopular Opinion: Pelé 'The King' does not deserve his crown
Source: AAP
Pelé is known as 'O Rei' (The King) in Brazil, but - at the risk of incurring the whole country's wrath - the former star is not the greatest of all time. Here's why.
By Luca Flematti
He won two World Cups, not three
This needs addressing straight off the bat. Pelé always talks about his three FIFA World Cup wins, but there is no way 1962 should be counted for the purposes of the GOAT debate. In Chile 1962, Pelé only played one full match. He got injured early in the second group match and did not feature again, but Brazil went on to win the tournament at a canter without him, led by the magical Garrincha.
What happened between World Cups?
Pelé's defence depends entirely on World Cups, but they only roll around once every four years so what was he doing in the years between? He spent his entire club career at Santos in his native Brazil (save for two seasons winding down at New York Cosmos) at a time when the country didn't even have a unified national top tier. Santos effectively competed in a regional league, without all of the country's strongest clubs.
Diego Maradona said Pelé would have had flaws exposed had he ever challenged himself in Italy or Spain. Maradona says some outlandish stuff, but he has a point here. It's not as though no South Americans were doing it at the time either - Alfredo Di Stefano, Jose Altafini and Omar Sivori are three who achieved great success moving to Europe's top leagues in that period.
Media hype and being first
Pelé was the most famous player in the world, and the best marketed. For a time he was the highest-paid athlete in any sport. The world loved his charisma and rags-to-riches story, and he and his club Santos were very good at capitalising on the media hype, with tons of international tours. So while some like Garrincha shied away from the spotlight, Pelé embraced it - and that probably did more for his legend than the goals he scored.
Pelé was the first truly global star - and simply by being first, he set the bar and is the one against whom everyone else is measured. Fame built his legend and time has compounded it.
He was never World Cup top scorer
Pelé talks a lot about his goalscoring feats, but despite his three (two!) tournament wins, he never won the golden boot. You'd think the world’s best ever striker, in the winning team multiple times, would have managed it. In fact, Sweden 1958 is the only time he was even Brazil’s top scorer.
In 1958 he scored six goals to Just Fontaine's 13. In 1962 he barely participated (as mentioned) but scored once while Garrincha, Vava and four others tied on four goals. In 1966 he scored only one again as Brazil were bundled out at the group stage, while Eusebio bagged nine. In 1970 he scored four to Gerd Muller's 10.
Pele
Pelé leaves the field after Brazil's 3-1 loss to Eusebio's Portugal at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
Where are the other World Cup records?
For someone who was meant to be mind-blowing in World Cups, he is conspicuously absent from the scoring records...
Most World Cup goals - total: Miroslav Klose (16)
Most goals - single tournament: Just Fontaine (13)
Most goals - single match: Oleg Salenko (5)
Most goals in a final: Geoff Hurst (3)
Most games won: Miroslav Klose (17)
He did not score 1283 goals
While we're clearing up stats, another myth in need of debunking is Pelé's career goal tally. 526 of the 1283 goals he proudly claims were scored in friendlies or exhibition matches. Enough said, really. His official record of 757 strikes in 812 games is still incredible without the exaggeration, but a bit more mortal.
Always in the best team, was he even the best Brazilian?
Best player in the world? Was he even best player in Brazil? Pelé played with legendary teammates.
There’s a solid argument that Garrincha was just as good as if not better than Pelé in 1958 and 1962. Those teams also featured the likes of Vava, Didi, Altafini, and Djalma Santos. In Sweden 1958 Pelé did not score till the quarter-finals, and plundered five of his total six goals in 5-2 thrashings of both France and Sweden.
Chile 1962 was won essentially without him, and the Brazil team of Mexico 1970 is regarded as the greatest in history, stacked with greats like Rivellino, Carlos Alberto, Jairzinho, Tostao and more.
In Pelé's 'FIFA 100' list of greatest footballers, he excluded so many former World Cup-winning teammates - Garrincha, Vava, Didi, Jairzinho, Gerson, Mario Zagallo and Hilderaldo Bellini among those who failed to make the cut. Was he trying to downplay their importance to his success?
When sexy Brazil revived their love affair with football
It is 50 years since the samba kings from Brazil danced their way to a third world title with a brand of mesmerising attacking football that drew universal acclaim. The World Game explains how the Brazilians turned their 1966 World Cup nightmare into a glorious triumph at Mexico 1970.
Nostalgia
Football fans are loyal to their favourites. The great players in fans' peak years of interest are likely to be put on untouchable pedestals. It becomes more about emotion than logic. Pelé admirers would likely never concede he's been eclipsed, even if all his records were broken. Same with those who watched Maradona, and us too watching Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo now.
We're told our whole lives that Pelé's the GOAT like it's footballing law. And no matter what current players do (e.g. shattering Ballon d'Or and European goalscoring records...) there's strong resistance to changing that established narrative by large sections of the football community.
World Cup’s importance overrated
The crux of the argument against Pelé is that the World Cup should not be so heavily weighted as a defining factor in a player’s career - winning it or not. It's not the be-all and end-all. It should not elevate players to legend status if they win it, and it should not rule them out of the GOAT conversation if they never do.
It’s a three-week, knock-out tournament held just once every four years - cut-throat. Timing has to be perfect (form, injuries, the generation of players) and the difference between immortality and obscurity can be a matter of millimetres, one s**t referee call, the lottery of a penalty shootout, or sheer dumb luck.
Ultimately, winning the World Cup doesn't prove you were a great player, just that you were in a great team.
Conclusion
With football progressing the way it is, new generations will continually eclipse the old ones. Pelé was the first global star but Maradona (and maybe others) surpassed him in ability, Messi and Ronaldo have gone further, and someone will go beyond them. 'O Rei' is legendary, potentially the best of his generation, but simply not the greatest of all time.
Comparing players from different generations is a fraught exercise, but the Pelé story we've all been told - that he himself tells loudest - just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
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