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Post by JoeinOz on Oct 8, 2017 10:04:09 GMT
He hasn't been a bad player. Loved how he seemed to control games without seeming to move. Also he had that stylish thing going on. Cool as fuck.
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Post by superheroantonius on Oct 8, 2017 10:21:35 GMT
He was brilliant :-)
He realised you can't run with the ball, as fast as you can pass it.
He made the ball do all the work and he was outstanding at it
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Post by JoeinOz on Oct 8, 2017 13:00:52 GMT
He was brilliant :-) He realised you can't run with the ball, as fast as you can pass it. He made the ball do all the work and he was outstanding at it Loved how he could pick a two yard pass at a strange angle and totally change the course of a move. |
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Oct 8, 2017 13:08:41 GMT
He hasn't been a bad player. Loved how he seemed to control games without seeming to move. Also he had that stylish thing going on. Cool as fuck. His autobiography's a good read too,he just seemed to see and read the game differently. |
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Post by madmickthe3rd on Oct 8, 2017 13:09:37 GMT
Quite possibly the most gifted midfielder in the world on his day which was pretty much every time he played!
Reminded me very much of our own Alan Hudson. He didn't need to run around to make things happen, he let the ball do the talking and could make precision pass after precision pass all day long. I don't think I have ever seen Pirlo sprint more than 18 yards in his whole career hence why he is still going at 38. He could probably still walk into most Premiership teams today!
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Post by Pugsley on Oct 8, 2017 14:30:20 GMT
His Panenka penalty against Hart in the 2012 Euros won them that shoot out.
The man is total quality.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Oct 8, 2017 14:32:27 GMT
Fuck me you had me worried for a minute.
I thought little Joe was calling it a day.
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Post by Dresden_scfc on Oct 8, 2017 14:50:23 GMT
Ledgend class player took the piss out of England last time
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Post by mrred on Oct 8, 2017 15:58:02 GMT
Makes the game look completely effortless. Such a classy player.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Oct 8, 2017 16:26:26 GMT
One of the coolest bastards to grace a football pitch.
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Post by Cast no shadow on Oct 8, 2017 16:29:40 GMT
Fuck me you had me worried for a minute. I thought little Joe was calling it a day. Why worried? |
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Post by CalgaryPotter on Oct 8, 2017 17:20:32 GMT
New York City's midfield will have taken a battering in the last two years losing Pirlo and Lampard.
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Post by cooper67 on Oct 8, 2017 19:01:22 GMT
I never had him down as being shy!
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Post by viewfromthecrowsnest on Oct 8, 2017 19:36:17 GMT
LMH please sign him in January for a half season contract. Like Manure did with Henrik Larsson. If Saido can't score with two Pirlos on the pitch...
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Post by thedarkknight on Oct 8, 2017 20:11:22 GMT
New York City's midfield will have taken a battering in the last two years losing Pirlo and Lampard. Not really, both were a poor imitation of themselves at their pomp. Pirlo especially came in for criticism from NYCFC fans during his tenure. |
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Post by StatesideStokie on Oct 9, 2017 0:42:01 GMT
Wonderful player. Made everything look so effortlessly simple, and just oozed class. Cool as fuck.
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Oct 9, 2017 2:37:20 GMT
He was brilliant :-) He realised you can't run with the ball, as fast as you can pass it. He made the ball do all the work and he was outstanding at it Summed him up perfectly there. He always looked so calm, I remember his panenka penalty in the euros. Cool as fuck. |
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Post by Claus_SCFC on Oct 9, 2017 4:58:12 GMT
One of the very best - pure class
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Post by JoeinOz on Oct 9, 2017 5:39:32 GMT
Quite possibly the most gifted midfielder in the world on his day which was pretty much every time he played! Reminded me very much of our own Alan Hudson. He didn't need to run around to make things happen, he let the ball do the talking and could make precision pass after precision pass all day long. I don't think I have ever seen Pirlo sprint more than 18 yards in his whole career hence why he is still going at 38. He could probably still walk into most Premiership teams today! Similar to Hudson yes. Also from a similar vintage.... Asa Hartford. |
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Post by santy on Oct 9, 2017 6:49:27 GMT
Were there just other players earlier in his career who were much better or did he just improve dramatically as he got older. Up until he was 28/29 he wasn't really rated all that highly. Well perhaps even later, because Milan let him go to Juventus on a free didn't they? Strange that the recognition came so late in his career.
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Post by mattador78 on Oct 9, 2017 8:30:45 GMT
Were there just other players earlier in his career who were much better or did he just improve dramatically as he got older. Up until he was 28/29 he wasn't really rated all that highly. Well perhaps even later, because Milan let him go to Juventus on a free didn't they? Strange that the recognition came so late in his career. Wasn’t that around when Milan had Kaká and Ronaldinho and the like a little galacticos thing going on and Pirlo was just seemed surplus? |
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Post by mattador78 on Oct 9, 2017 8:36:21 GMT
Were there just other players earlier in his career who were much better or did he just improve dramatically as he got older. Up until he was 28/29 he wasn't really rated all that highly. Well perhaps even later, because Milan let him go to Juventus on a free didn't they? Strange that the recognition came so late in his career. Scratch my earlier quote this was the team in the last season he played for Milan www.worldfootball.net/teams/ac-milan/2011/2/ |
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Post by Will_75 on Oct 9, 2017 8:41:57 GMT
Were there just other players earlier in his career who were much better or did he just improve dramatically as he got older. Up until he was 28/29 he wasn't really rated all that highly. Well perhaps even later, because Milan let him go to Juventus on a free didn't they? Strange that the recognition came so late in his career. Scratch my earlier quote this was the team in the last season he played for Milan www.worldfootball.net/teams/ac-milan/2011/2/crikey, that's some team |
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Post by onionman on Oct 9, 2017 10:02:53 GMT
Shaun Wade lookalike
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2017 12:29:24 GMT
The Italian Joe Allen
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Post by metalhead on Oct 9, 2017 16:43:07 GMT
Another one of the old boys, who was there in the 90's when football still had some organic roots.
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