And I really wonder why you still wonder about this? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Depressing...

Antonelli, Bona and Poli get pass marks. As did Pippo's flick.

That aside, another horrible evening which summed up this great club's fall from grace to a simply mediocre team.

F*ck ratings, the rest of them stank.

Skittles. Your ratings (and occasionally Fillipo's) were the best part about match days. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cry.gif) No really, this whole year has been such a heartache, the only thing I looked forward to was these ratings and the ensuing discussions that followed. We barely resemble a football team anymore.

Instead, the management has turned out into a dying business, something where they can extract any and all equity and money, before selling it to a sucker. I just hope if there is such a sucker, he makes a move fast. Because things aren't going to get better in the league, unless the thought process changes, and neither are they at this club.

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True. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif) But apparently the decision makers seem to think otherwise.


Truer still. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I don't think he can cut it here in the league, unless he really settles in and the team plays off of him. None of this is happening, but that's still no reason to slide him on the wings. He hasn't the characteristics to play in that position. Neither did Huntelaar, and Pato barely did, but both were forced out there.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) For someone whom so much was expected of, this guy has only showed up in just a handful of games over the years. Good chap, I'm sure, but a severely limited player, one that doesn't try to step up and take charge, when the situation is open for him to do so.

Probably the worse player we have in terms of realizing his potential, or justifying his hype. Pitiful.

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Painfully stupid in my hope and never ending optimism for this club I love

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Hmm, I thought Poli was largely absent throughout

I'd give the pass mark to Destro over Poli, at least he tried, even with basically zero service

Also Bona wasn't as good as I know he can be, obviously he put in effort, but it wasn't really coming off

Antonelli, De Jong (for his amazing defensive work mostly) and Destro for me being the only ones worth a mention

Oh, and Honda, for at least making one decent effort on goal which ended up being the only one throughout the 90

You make us sound like Barca...

Works as an answer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) I have never ending optimism, but luckily, I'm not painfully stupid when it comes to matters like these. Sports isn't science, luck has far too much an influence in it. In some sense it's an art. When you think of it like this, well, my friend, we've got the wrong artists at AC Milan.

So basically, while I don't support any other club (yet, the only club I'll ever support is if I founded one myself), but I know that the mess we're seeing is the the creation of the idiots in the management and no one else. Everyone is simply looking out for himself or herself, particularly the bald one. The results on the pitch just mirror this.

For Acid!

Lopez: 4 Shaky, electing to punch where he could catch, getting himself mixed up when he could clear, and bad positioning. Probably his worst display for us.

Bonera: 3 Exposed frequently which pushed Alex out of position all the time to cover for him. Absolutely horrendous going forward.

Alex: 4 Spent his whole night trying to cover for Bonera and was caught out of position all the time. Also has zero understanding with Bocchetti. Thanks Pippo!

Bocchetti: 5 Not horrible but far from outstanding. Best he's played yet. But that's saying next to nothing.

Antonelli: 8 Our best player by a mile. Probably in the form of his life, and he's been a terrific signing. Got forward brilliantly, and defended resolutely too. Works very hard and is one of the few who can hold his head up high.

Poli: 6 Hard graft in the middle as always. Did all the dirty stuff no one notices.

De Jong: 6 Meh. Careless on the ball in the middle but did some great defensive work, mostly caused by Bonera buggering off yet again and being miles away.

Monto: 0.

Bona: 6 Wish he didn't get played as a treq, it's wasting him. But he did offer as much as he could.

Menez: 4 Selfish Menez was back but he did defend too. That X button is getting flimsy again. Overall inneffective.

Destro: 6 Feeding off scraps, you can see he's quality, but he's just being given nothing to work with.

Howzat!

Haha, I was just having you on, Danny. Didn't expect the ratings! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) But thanks for the writeup, love it. I actually don't go anywhere else for Milan ratings, really, and it's nice to read member opinions here. Should brighten up the day a little, and hopefully Real Madrid losing some points tomorrow would level up the week for me.

Hard to imagine the statics showed us winning 19 out of 25 matches against Chievo. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I understand this was an away game for us, but come on, take a look at the players we have and compare it with them. Another couple of points just wasted down the drain, like our whole season.