Another must win. Fiorentina has to play against Catania away and Roma against Bologna. If the positive trend maintains we could grab up the 5th spot.

Pazzini hat-trick.

Getting ahead of yourself I see

I'm just hoping for an SES goal. His drought is worrying me slightly

I just hope for a win.

3 points .. Atalanta could get a draw from this fixture, but I surely hope we give a positive display. We need consistency now.

http://youtu.be/uZBjiO0d6C0

Seeing Kluivert score makes me think how wrong we used those dutch guys back then. Bogarde, Reiziger, Davids and Kluivert could have all made a brand new classy Milan.

Not to mention Vieira.

Yeah, can't believe we managed to let them slip away.

Juve had Henry, Inter had Roberto Carlos. Crazy how they managed to let them go, just like with us.

You never know, if we kept Kluivert we might have decided to not spent that much on Sheva, who we bought a year later. Davids, was a big miss, I agree (just like Vieira). Bogarde and Reiziger are not that important.

Yeah, but Henry and Carlos were quite unknown back then. While Bogarde, Reiziger, Kluivert and Davids won the CL with Ajax prior to coming to Milan. That's what makes it a bigger mistake.

True, true.

Maybe not that important, but they nevertheless were very good fullback - surely better then say Chamot (who himself wasn't that bad), Helveg, Contra or Coco.

They might have been better than what we had at the time but still mediocre. Never rated them that much. We should have kept Panucci.

Mediaset probable line-up: Abbiati; Abate, Mexes, Zapata, Constant; Flamini, Montolivo, Boateng; Niang, Pazzini, El Shaarawy.

I seriously think that line-up would look awesome with Noce and Bojan instead of Flamini and Niang.

I'm convinced Allegri has been told to play Zapata and Bojan as little as possible to lower their pricetag for the summer...that being said, it can no longer (if ever) be argued, that they dont deserve playtime

I'd give Flamini another chance. So far he's been good if you ask me.

Agreed, while Nocerino has looked slightly off the mark

But to play Niang instead of Bojan on the right wing is criminal. The rest looks great

Niang is still young, but just like SES needs time to get comfortable with these surroundings. SES took a while, Niang should be granted no less before we judge him. Yet I beg to point out that I can not see anything special about him.

I feel the same way to be frank

But at least play the kid to his strengths, not push him out to the right wing where his faults seem to look 10 times worse.

Indeed, agreed with both of you. I fail to see what's special about him. Not really so fast, clumsy dribbler and average finisher.

official line-up

MILAN: Abbiati, Abate, Mexes, Zapata, Constant, Flamini, Montolivo, Boateng, Niang, Pazzini, El Shaarawy.

Niang really bugs me on that right side instead of the MUCH better Bojan. The rest is good

Nopassaarawy.

Finally!! SES!!

Yeah his dribblng is just terrible and him not passing makes it even worse!

But his finishing is just top class.

excellent finsih

Could be another good weekend for us.

Beautiful play from our youngsters!

wow stupid from zapata

The ball had crossed the line.

Montolivo is very clumsy on the ball today, and El Shaarawy's inability to dribble s worrying. Thank god his finishing is excellent. Scrap this 4-3-3 system, play Bojan behind SES and Pazzini/Niang.

Yeah, Montolivo made a few very annoying mistakes.

Red for Atalanta

Ref lost it.

Flamini Put it the **** in!

We're letting it slip away!

some muay thai from mattieu

I seriously do not understand the inclusion of this Traore guy when you have Nocerino on the bench and we're barely hanging on!!

Valuable 3 points!

wtf what was robihno trying with that headbutt.

Fiorentina lost so we are in 5th place right now, 6 points from 3d place.

6 points away from third place

Very, very important 3 points. The last 10 minutes were hell.

May I say that the Atalanta players were pathetic today, always complaining to the ref about every single thing. The red card was legit, and the ref was perfect in all his decisions.

Also, what's with Allegri playing Robinho (who in the few minutes he played today hit a new low) when you have Bojan on the bench? And Traoré, again? No comment.

I don't get playing Niang on the right period!

The kid looks half decent at times. But when he's stuck wide all his movement looks very clumsy. His assist was very good but it came at a certain point where he managed to get himself more central.

Leaving Bojan out for me is just plain stupid. I don't know what Allegri is playing at. And don't even get me started on the substitutions!!

SES seriously needs to be moved away from that left wing, his attempts at dribbling were cringe worthy

If only we had signed Kaká, our problems would be solved.

+1 - Very Much a WTF moment





QFT

lessened maybe, not solved.

By the way, before I forget, it must be said...

Mexes had a damn good game today!

That is all.