[Portman]

(IMG:http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42047000/jpg/_42047994_060904_ronaldinho_ap203c.jpg)

Name: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, "Ronaldinho", "R10", "10R".
Nationality: Brazilian, born in Porto Alegre.
Date of Birth: March 21, 1980.
Playing Position: Attacking Midfielder. Squad number 10. Can play on the wings going to the middle too.
Height: 1,81cm.
Weight: 80kg.
Official website: www.ronaldinhogaucho.com

[han2503]

First: Pirlo is always, and WAS always in Milan as a creative midfielder. He isn't playing the role of DM or somebody else fully. But when Ronaldinho arrives he'll be shut at back and his role will be just passing the ball from defenders to Kaka or Ronaldinho. This will make his beautiful game worse. He won't have his freedom in the field, which is needed for a creative midfielder.
WC just showed what he is capeable of and we should use it.

I never said that Pirlo is a DM, he is a deep-lying-playmaker, which is a totally different thing to a DM. That's why he has Rino to cover for him, so he doesn't have any defensive duties. In the WC he had 2 or even 3 (when Camoranesi didn't play) DMs covering for him (perrotta and Rino). That's why he was that free to express himself creatively.

But we play a totally different system to that of Italy. We have to adapt our system to the type of players we have, and I can't really see us play in a 4-4-1-1 system to accomodate just Pirlo, it's just not realistic.