QUOTE (jbryant1 @ Aug 21 2010, 07:31 AM)
I agree with you here. We have Madrid and man city that have a surplus and talent we could use. The problem is we have mean Mr. Scrooge Galliani counting his coins with the hair plugs have fried my brain Berlusconi who has lost his mind. Worst managed team in Europe.
Most people view some of these guys at Milan as if they were the same players 5 years ago. Zambrotta hasn't been world class since his Juventus days. Pirlo, seedorf, ambronsini, and gattuso are just plain mediocre now maybe worse than that. With Pirlo the last two seasons he has been horrible. You could clear them all out and I wouldn't think twice. I rather see our youth players fight it out than these guys.
Pirlo dosn't belong in that list. He hasn't been up to par because he was being played in the wrong position. Being shackled in front of the defence having to do the dirty work that Ambro and Rino were supposed to be doing but weren't.
If Pirlo were to be given a free role he'll be back to his best easily. His talent, vision and passing ability is still there, but it's kind of hard to produce that when you're too busy trying to defend and there is generally minimal to no movement in front of you, which is a big problem since Pirlo needs movement from the fullbacks and forwards that are in front of him in order to produce.
And even while at his worst Pirlo is still out most important player on the pitch, no contest. We just don't know how to function without him, and not Carlo, Leo and as far as I can see Allegri know how to change that and make the team flow while he's not playing.