TomJuve wrote:Pirlo has been far more influential than Carrick. If you had watched Juventus this year you would have seen Pirlo be the main man in midfield and he controlled nearly every game he was involved in. Not to mention he was serie A top assister of the season which on it's on is very influential.

Also, Pirlo has an underrated tackling game. He made a few last ditch key tackles for Juventus. Yes he's not exactly a midfield destroyer but he's nowhere near as useless as people make him out to be.

TomJuve wrote:As for the top Quality opposition part well that's debateable.

TomJuve wrote:To clarify that, I mean to be fair both players can still help run a midfield reguardless of the opposition. You implied Carrick was better in big games and I mean Pirlo is also great in most big games. I wouldn't say he was more influential in big games but equally influential.

For me and many others still Pirlo is a much better player. That opinion will never change.

TomJuve wrote:Pirlo is the reason Juventus had one of the best possession stats in Europe last season. Pirlo dictates games which leads to Juventus being the better side, not the other way about.

As for the top Quality opposition part well that's debateable.

Pirlo gets more assists, he also gets a goal roughly every 10 games and retains the ball better than Carrick. His passing accuracy is lower than it could be because players such as scholes will look for a careful pass whereas Pirlo will do that to some extent as well as looking for a defence splitting pass when he can.

MindGames7 wrote:Just answer me one more thing: how can a midfield player who is great at passing but crap at defending be more influential on the result of a game than a player who is pretty good at both?

MindGames7 wrote:Just answer me one more thing: how can a midfield player who is great at passing but crap at defending be more influential on the result of a game than a player who is pretty good at both?

BeautifulGame wrote:People are even debating this