I would say Buffon was the most decisive. Pirlo's was important because of Monty's miss before. His audacious chip meant the rest of the team found confidence again.

I still can't decide what's more idiotic, Inter gifting Pirlo to us or us gifting Pirlo to Juventus.

I think we need to drop this Pirlo debate, he wasn't the player we've been seeing for Juve and Italy in his last seasons for us anymore. it's irritating how every time he has a great game people are all like "stupid Milan, how could they lose Pirlo" as if he has this good for us when we let go of him.

As a Milan fan I really have no regrets over Pirlo's departure. it had to end, otherwise we wouldn't be talking about how great he is right now. moving to Juve was the best thing that happened to him since winning his last CL with us. try to realize that.

Play him with Gattuso and Seedorf and he will be again as bad as he was with us.

I have many regrets... and I can't and won't get over it.

I think Pirlo lost motivation with us because we had lost our way to be competitive. I think Pirlo and his criticism of Milan is justified. I think overall, HE IS RIGHT. But I, like many others dislike how he handled the situation. Staying with us year after year, staying silent or rather "disinterested" instead of being proactive. Letting his contract run out, signing with our biggest rival, getting what he wants, winning and then shoving it in our face constantly by ALL of sudden being so outspoken and vocal about every issue. Well, that's one way to do things. But in my reality, it's not a respectable way.

Well said (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I actually saw him defending again last night and exerting himself. It was....beautiful (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Until Juve and the Euros this season I didn't even think he was capable of such emotion.

I despise him mostly because he simply does not care about us. Say what you want about Seedorf but he loves this club. So does Rino. And Paolo....he is the definition of mercenary.

+1

Most notably, I find that at Milan he was part of the XI, while at Juventus he was their kingpin? Apart from Buffon, Juventus don't have any champions on board, hence his sudden outburst, where he felt he was the ****? I dunno could be.

Yeah, could very well be the case. And don't count out Conte's influence. Every Juve player that talks about him somehow ends up sounding like a douche.

Definately ours was the most idiotic.

Allegri not being able to utilise both him and Bommel was even more idiotic.

Odd considering that Prandelli has found an almost perfect solution to play two passers, and two defensive shuttlers in a mid-field diamond.

Disagree. The DECISION to let him go was right. Glad people are finally seeing that he doesn't give a sh!t about Milan.

However everything that happened after this decision undid all the good from this first step. Not adequately replacing him was bad and letting him sign for our direct eternal rival was worse. It served to give him the one thing he didn't have since 2008: MOTIVATION.

Seeing him now reminds me of how he was when he just got here from Inter, where, again he had to prove that he was worthy.

I don't believe this motivation thing. To me it was clearly a problem of functionality, he just could not continue playing the exact same position after all these years, opponents had figured him out and he had ran out of ideas on how to improve his game.

Well this might be debatable but for ME it was really clear. The jogging all game, the lack of concentration on the free kicks, the abject failure to even attempt anything related to defense/tackling other than an interception here and there....really the player I saw and his body language told it all

So apparently one great game is all it takes to turn Pirlo into in insufferable chatterbox (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

So Germany is now afraid of Italy because Pirlo scored his penalty in a shootout? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Coming to think of it, if Pirlo gets chatty every time he has a great game, it would explain why he was so quiet here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

“We came here to win and Germany are afraid of us, as they know we can cause them problems. There is the same hunger as in 2006 and Germany play the same way, with more fans behind them, but we are on a par with Spain in terms of our midfield."

So,you read only the titles and conclude stuff?Bias is ok unless you're not blinded by it.

This post has been edited by William405: Jun 27 2012, 03:15 AM