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Originally Posted by mzk57
Lets face it, Pirlo for ACM is not working anymore  I really like they guy and the way he has performed for AC Milan, but the fact is that for some time now, he is just not the player he was once. AC Milan's failure for 3 seasons has something to do with midfielders along with other issues. Every one bash Seedorf and Gattuso so badly, but only few criticize Pirlo. Pirlo, with all due respect to him, rite now can not be compared with Lampard, Xavi, Wesley & Iniesta. Few years ago Pirlo was better than all of them (bar Lampard).
I mean AC Milan fans want a change, so whats the point of putting Pirlo as the deep play maker for new plans? Same old story. Now every coach/manager knows that just man mark Pirlo and AC Milan will not play. For God sake, even a loser like Park-Ji-Sung can man mark Pirlo completely out of the game. That's how helpless he has become unfortunately.
I mean he can be part of the tea, but ideally I would like a new play-maker like VDV or Arshavin if you like.
Plus i feel Thiago Silva should be our new right-back. His pace and attacking instincts shouldn't be suppressed by putting him as a CD. TS can be our new Cafu/Serginho 
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I'd keep Pirlo in the starting XI if he is used in another position ... I mean, yes, if we give him this very important role in the team, other teams just have to man-mark him to cut the link between each part of our team. But if we use him as a "simple" CM (which means giving the keys of the team to somebody else), like in the Italian NT, and given the fact that Pirlo still runs a lot, at least more than Seedorf and some other guys in the team, it could be a "new born in Milan" for him ...