Wishlist and General Juve mercato talk (2012-13) (10 Viewers)

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Fred

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Oct 2, 2003
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Pirlo is better than Xavi. Not by much, but he is.
Pirlo is better than Xavi... much better.
I strongly disagree, and i believe everyone who isn't an Azzurri or Juve fan would too.

and i'm also wondering, how come we didn't hear of such similar opinions when Pirlo was at Milan?

Xavi is the best and most consistent midfielder by a country mile in the past 5 years.
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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I strongly disagree, and i believe everyone who isn't an Azzurri or Juve fan would too.

and i'm also wondering, how come we didn't hear of such similar opinions when Pirlo was at Milan?

Xavi is the best and most consistent midfielder by a country mile in the past 5 years.
It was implied that Pirlo was better than Xavi back then.

After all, Zanetti was also better than Xavi.
 

TheLaz

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Oct 6, 2011
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I strongly disagree, and i believe everyone who isn't an Azzurri or Juve fan would too.

and i'm also wondering, how come we didn't hear of such similar opinions when Pirlo was at Milan?

Xavi is the best and most consistent midfielder by a country mile in the past 5 years.
Yes. In the past 5 years Xavi has been better. But in the last year Pirlo has been. Xavi has, for the past 7 years, played alongside world class players in Barca. He is part of their succes but it's also down to a lot of other players.. Pirlo on the other hand has been rated more on his own results rather then the teams' overall. Anyone playing for Barca will look top class...
Take Bojan for an example - hottest striking prospect when he was in Barca? What is he now??
 

Gerd

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Dec 25, 2011
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Something wrong with your imagination then ;). Xavi is the more accurate passer imo, but Pirlo's vision and gameplay would make him even more decisive. My 2 cents.
gotta disagree , it can look like that because in barca they usually play with short passes but pirlo is better also his long pass is much better
 

Maddy

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Jul 10, 2009
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Who gives a fuck who's the best?

Pirlo was world class last season, that's pretty much enough. I don't need him to be better than Xavi and don't really care.
 

icemaη

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He's had more than one bad season at Milan.
I'm not talking about his form at all. His last season at Milan, I thought he was past it. My point was, if I were to chose between Xavi and Pirlo, assuming both are in form, I'd pick Pirlo over Xavi any day of the week and twice on weekends :D
 

Cheesio

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Jul 11, 2006
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Xavi has more vision and more precise in his passes. Pirlo is better in long range passes and tries to makes some difficult passes.

This year Pirlo has been better as this was one of Xavi worst years, but for the last 4/5 years Xavi was better easily.
 
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