EastStandBlue
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Whilst that's true, in that particular role you need to be able to imprint a game and dictate the tempo when the situation calls for it. Pirlo was a master, he played a more reserved role yet, in his pomp, he'd control the game without being noticed... Carrick's what, 28/29? Pirlo was able to play until the age he did because the role doesn't necessarily call for supreme pace or fitness, and being able to dictate a game is something that comes with age and experience. I actually think, by the time Euro 2012 comes around, providing we've qualified, of course, people will see Carrick's role, particularly in this 4-5-1 system, as a necessity rather than a luxury.
And, back onto the subject of Capello, there's some brilliant hypocrisy in the News of the Screws this morning. On one side of a double-page spread, you have Gary Lineker saying that it was wrong of Capello to treat a legend in such a manner, yet, on the other side, you have Andy Dunn, reactionist extraordinaire, saying Capello is nothing more than a lame duck and should be slung out.
I guarantee he'll be the first lamenting the situation when all we can muster to replace him is Harry ****ing Redknapp.
