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I can think of quite a few who wouldnt be. Only shortsight I have with Pirlo is its extremely short term aquisition, not forward thinking, but good enough deal if you spend the necessary investments this would save up in other more vital parts of the team (mainly fullbacks, in 5 years, we havent...

Stop with the petty attiude against non Juve fans. And besides overselling it, acmilan dude is right, as sad as it sounds, besides his age, Pirlo would be a clear upgrade for us.

I should specify I mean the sad part is he is THE only one I seen this season amongst passing midfielders who is actually any good (Pirlo injured), while he would been dime a dozen a decade and half ago. Rest of Serie A's passers are just mediocre, likes of Montolivo, D'Agostino, Liverani...

Same here, watching Serie A now, its bit sad when Pizzarro is the most consistent/best passer prolly?

Dont forget Rui Costa peons. I remember my first Serie A game was spring 2001, Fiorentina-Udinese, and in the warm up for this game, this dude was standing on one end of the pitch, while Di Livio was on another. He was doing one touch (several volley passes) direct long passes to Di Livio like...

I'm taking overall just precise passing (every type, but he is greatest at one touch passing, never seen anyone like it), Totti doesnt play deep enough to exclusively focus on long range passing, but he is/was great at them. Defenitely better vision then Veron (who was great and I have seen...

Would say Totti and Pirlo are the best pure precision passers I seen, with several honourable mentions (Riquelme, Zizou, Xavi etc).

Ofcourse we are his be plan, why would he want to leave the team he has been in for a decade and who he just won league title with? Only thing that is suprising about this is that we have been had by Gazzetta, yet again. Thought it was more or less done and dusted.

He is, I know because not only have seen him do it this season (the little he played), but I'm reminded of it because of the annoying Swedish commentators talking about how gracefully Ibra receives the ball on his cheast, and how they mention just in passing it was Pirlo who made yet another...

If its possible for someone to posted the above, you gotta wonder, whats next? Saying Totti is a worse passer then Momo?

Seriously, that ranks HIGH in the most baffling stuff I read throughout the years in this forum. Just beyond lol, how is it possible to be a viewer of italian football and utter that wtf comment?

Are you kidding? Pirlo is a great passer, he basically perfected the art of 40-50ms passes to the cheast or feet of any player. Best example of such a pass? See below :D He is way better passer then Aquilani, who is a decent passer, but lacks real vision in his passing.

Your view of Arsenal is so outdated, if it was 5-6 years ago, where they had less money then competition and was still quite competetive, I would agree. But its been a glaring vicious cycle perpuated by Wenger, Arsenal HAS funds, but he has completely ignored to utilize it or go for direct...

Arsenal is prolly the team I watch most games of besides Juve, no, they have anything but leaders in their team, far from it.

Arsenal has failed to succeed for 7 years, can share your enthusiasm for their overall way to approach football, but its basically what Jay said, and DEFENITELY lack winning mentality/spirit or desire in current team. No real characters and leaders in the club, and with a coach who flat out...

We will need big upgrades in fullbacks in general, but also to suit Pirlo with some deep runs he can spread to.

Good point Red. Thats exactly what I been saying to Milanisti who dogged Pirlo for no reason, how vital it is for a playmaker like him to have actual movement/options around him, and how Milan haddetoriated quite a bit in that regard with ageing team. With us Krasic and Matri would benifite the...

Same, Pirlo at his finest is like ideal midfielder, while Ale is for forward. Nesta is for defenders, and goalie is easy :P

I think he will play well enough for 2 seasons or so, but I understand everyone who's angry/mad about it, and every reason for being negative (especiall injuries/recovering, his tale is like Gigi's of today), except that he sucks, dont think he sucks, on the contrary (I was angry abot Grosso and...

Hope this means no Montolivo btw?