For Pride, For Honor: AC Milan vs Juventus

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Locatelli-Kucka double pivot

1-3

Relieved that Kucka is back, we'll desperately need his physicality up against Pogba who usually runs riot in these games.

Huge test for Locatelli if Montolivo isn't passed fit before the game. Here's hoping a star is born today. Balotelli may also be playing for his Milan career. He was great off the bench against Atalanta but if he wants the club to make an effort to sign him permanently in the summer then he needs to show that same determination from the start and against the very best.

This is a great opportunity to gain some belief ahead of our clash against Juventus in the Coppa Italia. If we can't gain that though then I'd settle for ruling out a few of them through injury.

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ALEX

ALSEX

Mandzukic 1-1

Terrible from Romagnoli and Alex, should've communicated on that

Balotelli making a lot of technical errors out there

Monty gave away the ball in dangerous areas, and he's too complacent when defending, rarely goes in for a tackle, prefers to moonwalk back to goal

So many passengers in this team

Balotelli

Pogba 2-1

Sigh Pogba.

Abate

Locatelli on for Monty

Montolivo really shouldn't have started.

Is it weird that i already hate him because he looks like Cerci?

LA on for Honda

......montolivo refuses to come off..

KPB on for Balo

Bona having an absolute stinker

I wish we would keep Mihajlovic and give him better players, we need the stability.

Overall it wasn't a bad game IMO, but obviously the result doesn't do anything to help our situation.

Montolivo was pretty bad, maybe it was because of his injury. Goes to show the serious lack of depth we have. On the other hand, Kucka was impressive, our midfield is seriously shit without him. Bona was also absent for most of the game.

Bacca didn't do much either, but I don't blame him. He is the type of player that sits at the end of the oppositions defense and waits for his moment. If there is no support from those behind him, I'm not sure what he's supposed to do.

Balotelli, I thought, played well. He was probably the most involved out of all our attacking players, was dropping back and had a decent work rate.

Considering the form Juve are in and just how much better of a team they are, I think we did OK. But again, at this point it's another loss and takes Miha closer to the sack, which if happens, would be seriously disappointing.

If four different managers in a space of two years cannot solve a problem, maybe the problem is not the managers? How hard is it to figure that out?

I saw Balo track back several times, how many times did he ever do that before? I think Mihajlovic can help him, and if not then who else can? I would like us to take balo on another loan but with an option to buy.

We need to bring in a midfielder to replace Montolivo, a centre back to replace Alex, who is good but is getting old, and finally, a right midfielder that would bench Honda.

Mihajlovic has brought some identity back to the team and he is a great coach for the development of our youth players. With Mihajlovic, I feel that the team is not very far from rising back, we just need stability and smart reinforcement.

Solid game from Balo.


Bonaventura + Monty were horrific.


I die a little inside every time Kevin Prince Boateng gets on the field. We have like no depth, its pathetic.