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Stimp
Profile Joined November 2010
South Africa780 Posts
July 03 2012 07:28 GMT
#41
On July 02 2012 21:02 GoSuChicken wrote:
pirlo is so overrated... and balotelli in this poll wtf


Well when a 33 year old is the player of his team, winning like 3/4 man of the match awards on the way to the final, I think they deserve all the plaudits they get. He also just came off an undefeated season in Italy, so overrated no. Not even flavour of the moment like Jordi Alba seems to be.
Don't count your apples before they've... grown
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6267 Posts
July 03 2012 08:38 GMT
#42
On July 03 2012 09:45 pallad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 03 2012 08:12 sharkie wrote:
On July 03 2012 07:47 pallad wrote:
On July 03 2012 06:12 nonsequitur wrote:
Definitely Pirlo, basically carried Italy to the finals.


Italy was in the final because of Buffon , not Pirlo . Buffon saved Italy like 5-6 times.., and pirlo scored only once and have few assist.

UEFA already chose.. Iniesta is best player of EURO 2012


Iniesta has only like 1 assist right?
With your logic Iniesta is crap, right?


No , you cant read , or cant think.. dunno what..

I write that Buffon carry Italy to finals , not Pirlo. Pirlo was playing superb so what ? , everyone know that Pirlo was superb in Euro 2012 , but now imagine that buffon DIDIN'T save Italy so many times..all these super pirlo assists are not important.. then..yes ?

So all Pirlo fanboys ( i like him to ) can write that Pirlo carry Italy to final... but no one write buffon name.. ? common.. he saved good score for Italy like 6 times..all you see is balloteli goal and pirlo passes...

Pirlo was more important for this Italy.. The whole team played in service of Pirlo just so he could make the play which he did except for the finals. He definetly was Italy's best player and prandelli and the whole team knew it that's what got them so far not the saves of Buffon.
DragoonTT
Profile Joined April 2012
3398 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-03 08:42:12
July 03 2012 08:40 GMT
#43
On July 03 2012 10:05 Steveling wrote:
I'm not amused with the absense of Kyriakos Papadopoulos as well. I'm not tired of saying that he's the best cb in the planet in his age.
No Jordi Alba, wat?

If there's no Hummels because he made one mistake against Italy, there'll be no Greece defenders because they all looked bad against Germany, especially their central defenders. And Papadopoulos/Sokratis have a long way to go to become anything near world class, too - even though both did quite well last Bundesliga season as well as during the EURO group phase. Quite well, but not outstandingly so.

Lahm, Pique, Ramos all shouldn't be on the list. Lahm did next to nothing for Germany except the 1-0 against Greece, caused the 2-0 for Italy and failed as a captain. Pique was shaky throughout the whole tournament, and if the referee had called out Ramos' foul against Croatia, we'd possibly had seen a whole other tournament.
Malinor
Profile Joined November 2008
Germany4734 Posts
July 03 2012 08:41 GMT
#44
Iniesta for me, without a doubt. Top three would be 1) Iniesta 2) C.Ronaldo and 3) Khedira. I did not find Pirlo that impressive, maybe I missed some of his genius this tournament.
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Aeroplaneoverthesea
Profile Joined April 2012
United Kingdom1977 Posts
July 03 2012 10:14 GMT
#45
lol @ the options.

No Alba and only two of your picks have any business being on the list.
Hazzyboy
Profile Joined January 2012
Estonia555 Posts
July 03 2012 10:47 GMT
#46
UEFA awarded Iniesta player of the tourney - basically cuz his team won. They always award best player to 1st place team.
Sated
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
England4983 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-03 12:08:39
July 03 2012 12:08 GMT
#47
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Narcotic
Profile Joined September 2010
Italy101 Posts
July 03 2012 14:30 GMT
#48
Pirlo, ez pz
kyllinghest
Profile Joined December 2011
Norway1607 Posts
July 03 2012 15:31 GMT
#49
This is between Pirlo and Alonso for me. Iniesta not too far off either, Arbeloa was rock solid and the most offensive defender in the tournament, and I think Khedira was amazing aswell.
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Risen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States7927 Posts
July 03 2012 19:54 GMT
#50
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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
July 03 2012 22:43 GMT
#51
Iniesta is a typical ''Let's just pick a guy from the winning team'' kind of choice IMO. Pirlo was the brightest shining star in this tournament.
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Hazzyboy
Profile Joined January 2012
Estonia555 Posts
July 04 2012 01:39 GMT
#52
For fun checked some other sport sites for same poll (except uefa) and Pirlo won everywhere Again sadly for him it was his last chance to win EURO and he never achieved it
don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3007 Posts
July 04 2012 04:08 GMT
#53
On July 04 2012 10:39 Hazzyboy wrote:
For fun checked some other sport sites for same poll (except uefa) and Pirlo won everywhere Again sadly for him it was his last chance to win EURO and he never achieved it

He won the WC. Can't complain.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
zul
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany5427 Posts
July 04 2012 06:14 GMT
#54
On July 02 2012 17:39 SoulTakerz wrote:
Iniesta or Casillas for me.

Exactly. Pirlo couldnt do anything versus spain and wasnt even noticeable. Imo you need to be able to bring your best performance, when playing versus the best team. Pirlo didnt, while the other two did.
keep it deep! @zulison
GoSuChicken
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany1726 Posts
July 04 2012 06:56 GMT
#55
On July 04 2012 07:43 Holgerius wrote:
Iniesta is a typical ''Let's just pick a guy from the winning team'' kind of choice IMO. Pirlo was the brightest shining star in this tournament.

and pirlo is just your typical hyped up player....
bGr.MetHiX
Profile Joined February 2011
Bulgaria511 Posts
July 04 2012 07:12 GMT
#56
cassias for sure
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Nekovivie
Profile Joined October 2011
United Kingdom2599 Posts
July 04 2012 07:25 GMT
#57
Voted other, due to this;

On July 02 2012 20:17 sixfour wrote:
Jordi Alba

If you are not supporting K-Pop you are hurting E-Sports.
Sanctimonius
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom861 Posts
July 04 2012 08:47 GMT
#58
Alba and Iniesta were great players during this tournament, no doubt, but there was only one man who spent the entire fricken' tournament raising his team up, orchestrating pretty much every attack, making the entire team just better than the sum of its parts, and that man was Gerrar......haha. Can't even say that with a straight face. Pirlo, hands down.
You live the life you choose.
MagmaPunch
Profile Joined November 2011
Bulgaria536 Posts
July 04 2012 09:09 GMT
#59
Definetely Cassillas !
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TigerKarl
Profile Joined November 2010
1757 Posts
July 04 2012 11:55 GMT
#60
On July 03 2012 19:14 Aeroplaneoverthesea wrote:
lol @ the options.

No Alba and only two of your picks have any business being on the list.

If you're able to make a poll that satisfies every single person in the world, then i'm sure nobody minds you doing it for ne next big tournament.
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