pirlo's place in history

Drake wrote:Paul Merson on Pirlo: "The guy is 33-years-old and can't run! He was let go for nothing by AC Milan last year because he's past it!"

incredible i was just reading mersons article in which he said that and the man is delusional

george graham and redknapp more accomplished than wenger?

england better than france and not many italian players would get into englands XI? bitter, fat pale-skinned imbecile

Did Merson say that yesterday?

no he said it after the match lol its on skysports website one of his blogs

mauro=beast wrote:

Drake wrote:Paul Merson on Pirlo: "The guy is 33-years-old and can't run! He was let go for nothing by AC Milan last year because he's past it!"

incredible i was just reading mersons article in which he said that and the man is delusional

george graham and redknapp more accomplished than wenger?

england better than france and not many italian players would get into englands XI? bitter, fat pale-skinned imbecile

France were pretty poor though so you could excuse that one.

mauro=beast wrote:no he said it after the match lol its on skysports website one of his blogs

Even fucking worse bloody hell, unbelievable .

CollieBuddz wrote:While there's no doubt he's a top player, I think there'll always be doubts about his standing amongst Europe's elite because he never tried himself in a top fair league like the Prem, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 etc.

He done it in the champions league and in the world cup so it's fine, Zidane wasn't that fantastic over a league season and he's considered the best to some people.

mauro=beast wrote:

Grenade wrote:Pirlo is a magnificent player. Possibly better than Xavi (100% srs)

i agree but i think xavi also has qualities that are better then pirlo and then vice versa. i think both are a step infront of every other midfielder that occupies role of regista to opportunist central midfielder

Yeah I'd rather Xavi but Pirlo's long passing.

Drake wrote:Paul Merson on Pirlo: "The guy is 33-years-old and can't run! He was let go for nothing by AC Milan last year because he's past it!"

Link.

Theo Filippo wrote:

Drake wrote:Paul Merson on Pirlo: "The guy is 33-years-old and can't run! He was let go for nothing by AC Milan last year because he's past it!"

Link.

He was making a serious point about Hodgson's ineptitude in not sticking someone on Pirlo. Pirlo played so well largely because England let him.

Drake wrote:Paul Merson on Pirlo: "The guy is 33-years-old and can't run! He was let go for nothing by AC Milan last year because he's past it!"

I don't think we could have made it any easier for him, he was hardly being closed down for 90 minutes and had all the time he needed on the ball.

Speed has never been a part of Pirlo's game. He uses his brilliance to shit on opponents.

Even if England were to have pressured him, he would of still made an impact on the game. Pirlo intelligent movements make him almost impossible to mark (similar to Xavi). He still played a big part in the game against Spain. A much, much better team that did put pressure on him.

I'd say that he, and Xavi are the best center-mids of the past 20 years.