Andrea Pirlo (127 Viewers)
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Prepare to be overwhelmed by Phil Brown 
I'm sure this clown meant xenophobic instead of homophobic.
I'm sure this clown meant xenophobic instead of homophobic.
In the couple of days since Italy's 0-0 annihilation of England, entire families of spider monkeys have had their homes hacked down so that every scribe in Fleet Street can proclaim the virtues of the hitherto-obscure world champion and multiple Big Cup winner Andrea Pirlo. Give the midfielder a headscarf and a pair of hoop earrings and he would look exactly like a caravan-based clairvoyant, yet the extent of his vision came as a surprise to many, perhaps including Roy Hodgson, who made like a friendly farmer on Sunday and gave him the freedom of the field.
While many wondered why Hodgson did not come up with a plan to meddle with Pirlo's scheming, others had different questions: for instance, orange gameshow host Phil Brown, refraining manfully from airing his query in the form of a song, wondered why, if this guy was so hot, he never left serial trophy-winners Milan or Juventus to come play for, say, Hull City. "I think the Premier League is the best league in the world, and I think that's the reason we're attracting the better foreign players, but why hasn't the likes of Pirlo played in England?" blabbered Brown on Radio 5 Live last night, before venturing: "Is he just homophobic? Is he Italian through and through?"
The Fiver has always prided itself on being a total foppotee so would obviously never mis-use a word. And if we were to hold BBC pundits to similarly high standards, we would have to deduce that Brown intended to out the whole Premier League. But it could be that he really was murklins about the meaning of the word or just got his tongue in a jam – and that actually he meant to say 'xenophobic'. In which case the thrust of his suggestion can only be explained by downright stupidity.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/26/the-fiver-phil-brown
Always entertaining seeing idiots misusing big words.
I was watching the game against England with a couple of friends that are not really interested in football. When there were a few minutes left of the game I told them it would go to penalties. I begun naming potential penalty kickers and told that I thought England would take this. As a trivial note I pointed out the only player I was completely assured would score, Pirlo. I laughed and told them that he had actually missed all of his penalties this season and they immediately questioned my confidence. But I've never felt such trust towards a player like I do to Pirlo. I didn't care what they said I knew he'd score. I am so grateful and obliged to have seen Pirlo, Buffon, ADP play together this season so many times. It's been, wait for it ... Legendary...