[han2503]

What do you think our first 11 should look like? Here are the 27 gems you have to pick from:

Goalkeepers:


1. Christian Abbiati
2. Gianluigi Donnarumma
3. Diego Lopez
   
   Defenders:
   
   
4. Cristian Zapata
5. Alex
6. Alessio Romagnoli
7. Philippe Mexes
8. Rodrigo Ely
9. Luca Antonelli
10. Ignazio Abate
11. Mattia De Sciglio
    
    Midfielders:
    
    
12. Nigel De Jong
13. Giacomo Bonaventura
14. Andrea Bertolacci
15. Andrea Poli
16. Riccardo Montolivo
17. Antonio Nocerino
18. Jose Mauri
19. Juraj Kucka
    
    Attackers:
    
    
20. Suso
21. Jeremy Menez
22. Keisuke Honda
23. Alessio Cerci
24. Luiz Adriano
25. Carlos Bacca
26. Mbaye Niang
27. Mario Balotelli

[X-Offender]

The thing with Balo is that we all know how good he can be (not saying he's a top player, but he's certainly not as bad as the last year with Liverpool made him out to be). If he can get his head straight, he can be a useful asset. The one million dollar question though is, will he be able to do that? I'm personally skeptical, as I think once a donkey, always a donkey. That's why players like Cassano, Adriano etc. were never able to excel in their careers.

But from what I've been reading, he's really taken things seriously this time. He knows that this is his very last chance to redeem himself. If he fails again, he'll plummet into mediocrity for the rest of his life. Last I read, Mihajlovic requires all players to be present at Milanello at 8:30 for breakfast. Balo is always there at 8...