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I was being sarcastic. Emerson and Vieira were more technically sound than Zanetti, but the latter may be marginally a better passer than Emerson. More longer range type sorties.

Emerson and Vieira had some technical ability and strong defensive ability. The only thing they lacked was pace. Blasi had a lot of pace and running ability though, but couldn't save his life when he had the ball. So one has to realize that you either have to beat the English sides at their...

Then we had Blasi who could run. He was pressured into giving the ball away at Anfield. This is like giving a Somali family more rice but taking away their water. They need both.

Emerson and Vieira were slow, yes, but they made up for it with positioning. Plus they could keep the ball better.

But didn't we also have Emerson out there for Arsenal? The whole problem is not solved with adding more defensive midfielders. We need to keep the ball against English sides. Sissoko cannot pass like Vieira and Emerson. It's like we have a big fire, and the only way we know how to put it...

I don't see any difference between the two "styles" of play.

It depends on what style of football we play against. We do well against possession sides like Madrid but not those who can up the tempo and change their game around. We have to be able to keep the ball to do well against English sides, at least that's what history tells us.