04-15-2011, 06:37 PM
(04-15-2011, 06:19 PM)Gabriel426 Wrote: Speed, movement, pace and willingness to track back are the modern day midfielder. Something that Milan must get in order to compete on all fronts.
flamini has these qualities. He's not very good.
Boateng does too, but a midfield of 3 boateng's wouldn't be good.
You need balance. You can hide physically inferior but technically superior players in a team (like xavi for ex.) if you got a good machine around them.
Why has pirlo declined? His game is exact same as 5 years ago. It's just team around him declined. Before he had prime gattuso who was a mopnster. Seedorf who was much younger and very box to box. Good back line but great movement infront of him.
It's not surprising when boateng and robinho came pirlo looked a lot better.
A team requires a balance of skills abilities.
