It was enough to watch games he played against us to see Loca was their deep playmaker. It was enough to watch all of last season and see he was doing very very well in that deep role for the most part. I don't get this need to diminish and say he cannot do this or that.
You prefer him higher, you think he's better there? Fine.
But please stop saying he can't play there, he's awful, he's wasted etc. He may be statistically wasted only (although he was at his normal numbers last season), but his impact is always good when he plays deep. It is an extremely important, responsible and almost prideful position for Italians. If Pirlo played higher up he would have had even better stats, but he made his mark playing deep also. Not every play has to have phenomenal individual stats.