We never did replace Pires

And if he was still at the club he would be a key player for us still.

Look how many players have filled in at left wing this season.

Diaby
Eduardo
Denilson
Rosicky
Hleb

and none of them have been as good as Pires. Le bobby is having a wonderful season in spain and i still think he could of done a job for us as cover for Rosicky and even Cesc.

All this allowing players to leave based on there age is crazy. We need players like this to win the title and not players who can do a job but nothing more. We need players who can win games and Pires was that type of player.

We miss his goals from the wings. Both Rosicky and Hleb are not goal scores.

We never did replace him.

This is what we have been missing

Full name	Robert Emmanuel Pirès
Date of birth	October 29, 1973 (1973-10-29) (age 34)
Place of birth	Reims, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder, Winger
Club information
Current club	Villarreal
Number	7
Youth clubs
1989–1992 1992–1993	Reims FC Metz
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1998 1998–2000 2000–2006 2006–	FC Metz Olympique Marseille Arsenal Villarreal	162 (43) 066 0( 189 (62) 030 0(5)
National team2
1996–2004	France	079 (14)

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