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Originally Posted by Jager
Dropping Pirlo??????? Are you people mad?
If anyone needs to be dropped, its DeRossi who has had some horrific games in the middle of the pitch.
So far the player has not lived up to the hype.
Aquilani should play more, and I have more hope for him at this stage.
Dropping Pirlo???!?!?!? That one confuses me.
Pirlo is the best holding midfielder in the game, he must start. And when he plays well, we rarely if ever lose.
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You misunderstood me.In a 4-2-3-1 Pirlo would become a massive liability on the defensive end.he gives up alot of fouls and is silly at times with the ball when pressured.Sure the good out weighs the bad but if Don can protect Pirlo like Lippi did in WC 2006 then by all means play him.
DDR hasnt found his grove with Donadoni yet.Are you forgetting that thrashing Italy gave to Germany before the world cup.Lippi had it all figured out on how to play De Rossi and where to play him.Right now Pirlo Gattuso and De Rossi seem to bump into each other and at times he doesnt know where he fits on the team.Its not the individual whom we know can play and destroy and aslo shut down a midfield,ffs the midfield now is being dubbed the de rossi zone when opposing teams face us,But he knows how to play with a less then physical player beside him,a la Pizarro,so he has no problem with that.Its Gattuso he keeps bumping into.Again neither of them are at fault but the tactics are.
We know the players are world class we just need to find a system where everybody flourishes.Like Azzuri said its the System/Formation that are picking the players not the players themselves that are picking the formation.
Dropping Pirlo when he is the team is suicide.But if you are going to play a 4-2-3-1 then someone has to be dropped.Hell Id play him behind the strikers.Let his superior passing abilities hone on the defence and break them down.Or instead of giving De Rossi or Gattuso or a Perrotta a free role,Give Pirlo a free role.
-----------------Buffon
Oddo---Canna-------Matrix------Zambrotta
-----Gattuso----------De Rossi
-----------------Pirlo
Camo---------------------------Di Natale
-----------------Toni
Right now it seems like Pirlo is playing behind De Rossi and Gattuso.In the middle with Di Natale and Camo tracking back and Oddo ( who cant cross for shite might i add ) and Zamrbotta (although on the decline still a good player to have).
Surely this will work.Im a bit scared at Gattuso's form but he is a beast and Pirlo needs to be protected with big people behind them.Aquilani can hold his own in a midfield as well so if around 70th minute or so and Italy is losing I wouldnt mind seeing him in for Gattuso to generate more play.Montolivo even.
I still feel Rosina would be suitable for this formation and would take the work load away from Pirlo but he wont be called up...
its a matter of opinion really.If people think that theres another formation suitable for the Azzuri then please post them.Id add Cassano in the squad but i dont know where with this formation.