Andrea Pirlo [Midfielder]
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Conspicuously absent in the training photos this week... for an injury that didn't occur during play....
Wow. Maybe he really will retire in the summer. I feel like an asshole for being excited by that idea but I can't help imagining all those potential DPs that will be available in the summer.
Mmm. Summer DPs.
Mmm. Summer DPs.
MLSsoccer dot com (https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017...fc-vs-new-york-city-fc-2017-mls-match-preview) is callign Pirlo's injury a bone bruise. I hadn't seen that before, only swelling in the knee.
A bone isn't a solid material, its a solid shell with a spongy bone matrix inside. So when a bone is hit it can compress to some degree. When some of that spongy bone cracks from the compression, you get a bone bruise. Super painful because the swelling occurs in a confined area (the bone and the fibrous covering of the bone called the periosteum). No structural issues though so its just a matter of how much pain you can play with. Lines up with reports of swelling in the knee and that he'd been trying to play through it. Can be months to get back to playing depending on where it is. And injuries heal more slowly when you are 38.
A bone isn't a solid material, its a solid shell with a spongy bone matrix inside. So when a bone is hit it can compress to some degree. When some of that spongy bone cracks from the compression, you get a bone bruise. Super painful because the swelling occurs in a confined area (the bone and the fibrous covering of the bone called the periosteum). No structural issues though so its just a matter of how much pain you can play with. Lines up with reports of swelling in the knee and that he'd been trying to play through it. Can be months to get back to playing depending on where it is. And injuries heal more slowly when you are 38.
Any idea when this happened? Does this explain his performance this season?
It could really explain why he's been looking old all of a sudden. There was that video of him in training where he looked 63 going around the cones, and he hasn't been making the aggressive challenges as much like he did when he stepped up last year. If the knee hurts constantly it could explain a lot.
No idea when it started. Anyone remember if he got kicked hard in the knee earlier this year?
If we don't see him make an appearance in a game when the transfer window opens, he should agree to leave.
Knee Bone Bruise My Ass ANDREA !!!! The only bruised Bone he has is from his dick from Fucking his girlfriend and impregnating her with twins !! I Miss when he used to F the Pitch !! But yet i still love him . Go be a new father and while your at it go home to your own father a run the Winery !! Use some of that broken English to come back to NY to promote your wine in the states . Set up a office in Manhattan . Maybe it can become the official wine of NYCFC if that's allowed !
Definitely what I think is being telegraphed.
I might buy the theory that the injury killed Pirlo. We've only seen a corpse lately. I thought he was mostly decent up through the SJ game, even though I wanted to see what we looked like without him.
Whether he leaves at mid season or not, he can't play for us in his current form, if it's due to injury or not.
ANDREA Will Never Get the walk of Champions and retirement celebration ceremony like his past teammates have had ! How The F did he end up doing this to himself ??? This makes me physically ill ! DAMN HIM !!! 
Thoughts Anyone ?? NickA JGarrettLieb
Midas Mulligan JayH Paul joe
Christopher Jee
mgarbowski CatNYC just to start with.
Thoughts Anyone ?? NickA JGarrettLieb
Midas Mulligan JayH Paul joe
Christopher Jee
mgarbowski CatNYC just to start with.
I think my thoughts on this matter are clear?ANDREA Will Never Get the walk of Champions and retirement celebration ceremony like his past teammates have had ! How The F did he end up doing this to himself ??? This makes me physically ill ! DAMN HIM !!!
Thoughts Anyone ?? NickA JGarrettLieb
Whenever Pirlo leaves, I think he gets a very nice sendoff from the team and from fans.ANDREA Will Never Get the walk of Champions and retirement celebration ceremony like his past teammates have had ! How The F did he end up doing this to himself ??? This makes me physically ill ! DAMN HIM !!!
Thoughts Anyone ?? NickA JGarrettLieb
I would love a testimonial with either Juve or AC Milan. Not sure which team he feels more affinity towards.
Well thank god he has a low number. 21 minutes into the game, as we saw on Sunday, we can be down 3-0 by then.
I have to believe he will have something in Italy regardless of what happens here. I could see AC Milan and Juve having some sort of ceremony before games next season.
With him and Totti retiring, and possibly Buffon (?), I could see a joint ceremony for past members of the 2006 team that are retiring.
