This will be a big opportunity for us to get 3 points while other top teams will be facing each other (Inter v Fiorentina, Napoli v Juve) and also before facing Napoli next week. So this is a must win for us.

2 away games on the bounce as well, so it won't be easy

Yea,a must win for us.My only fear is the inconsistency in our team especially in defence.
BTW: plz, is Antonelli injured or wot?...I wouldn't mind if abiatti gets the nod 4this game

I also think d midfield of last game shouldn't b changed bt Honda should sit this one out,suso shld get d nod instead.
Will stick with balo and bacca pairing in attack.

Yes. A must-win game.

Diego Lopez; Calabria, Zapata, Romagnoli, De Sciglio; De Jong, Montolivo, Bertolacci; Bonaventura; Balotelli, Luiz Adriano.

I'd rather have De Jong as anchor and Montolivo as CM. De Jong as CM is very one-dimensional. At least as holding mid he can provide good cover to our defense.

I think you have to look at the De Jong-Monto issue in a different way

Technically speaking he's playing in the position that a CM occupies, true, but the role he's playing is different. De Jong in the centre simply stifles the entire flow of our midfield imo. I think we've seen him play there enough to be pretty familiar with this.

Switching Monto and him around imo gives us the added benefit of someone who can put his foot on the ball in the centre of midfield and direct the game (sort of since Monto isn't really all that great at it but much better than any of the others in our midfield). Plus by playing both of them in this way, we still have the physical aspects of De Jong's game and his ball winning skills while also having Monto in there who helps our midfield flow better.

Also great to see that Honda is finally benched

Any word on Mexes and if he's fit? I really do think we need a leader in there. Our defence holds stable as long as there's no pressure but once the opposition apply even a pin-prick of it, we simply open the flood gates

Predicting a win but i can't see us not conceding so 1-2 or -1-3

btw Genoa will be missing several players mainly due to injury and suspension...and we have taken all their good players

so it's up to us to grab the game honestly.

Any predicted line-ups?

I hate matches at 12h30 , way too early

Anyway http://milanfan.better-than.tv:5005/stream.flv

Thanks for the stream Nova


And agreed about the kick off time

thanks for the stream nova! will try and use it early this time. i just love the quality!

It's 1:30pm for me, so perfect for me. I eat then watch Milan

It's 12:30 for me, so it's exactly at the time we usually sit down to eat on Sunday.

You have lunch pretty early. I just had breakfast.

Ah haha. We usually eat after 1:00pm, but will have the family eating early..to watch the game.

Is the stream on? Just wondering, cause it's not working yet.

Same here , I have to run up and down from kitchen to tv room and back and ALWAYS miss the goals ( if any... )

Not on yet , they havent started broadcasting yet I think

Well, it's Sunday tradition, only day of the week we eat early actually.


Well I don't have the type of control over the kitchen functions over here. I eat when it's ready


I'll try to bring my plate over in front of the TV/PC depending where I'm going to watch.

We have a rule , no food on the sofa. *Breaks rule when home alone ;-)

The liveblog for the game: http://football-italia.net/73546/liveblog-serie-sunday Actually very cool feature from football-italia.net

Genoa: Lamanna; De Maio, Burdisso, Marchese; Figueiras, Rincon, Dzemaili, Laxalt; Capel, Pavoletti, Perotti

Genoa bench: Ujkani, Ierardi, Gakpé, Izzo, Lazovic, Tachtsidis, Raul Asensio, Lazovic, Ntcham

Milan: Diego Lopez; Calabria, Zapata, Romagnoli, De Sciglio; De Jong, Montolivo, Bertolacci; Bonaventura; Luiz Adriano, Balotelli

Milan bench: Abbiati, Donnarumma, Alex, Antonelli, Rodrigo Ely, Kucka, Nocerino, Poli, Suso, Honda, Bacca, Cerci

Stream is on , may swith to Sky Uk if reception is bad. Show starts at 12h00 .

Haha Burdisso . I remember him getting punched in the face at Inter

Can't stand him!

Remember how all the Inter scumbags were chasing after Navarro ?

Hilarious!!!

is the stream working btw ?

It is, just having a bit of trouble with buffering every few seconds atm

strange , works flawless here ...

Hmm, anyone else using it?

i can lower the settings if you like .

Free kick Genoa , dangerous spot ...

Sure, thanks

Woooo , even the commentator thought it was a goal , near miss !!

lowered at 1000 mbs

Another free kick for Genoa ...

FFS!!

Goal Genoa... Deflected off the Milan wall

Thanks, much better now

Straight Yellow for Jack

C'mon , that shoud be yellow too !! Kicked the ball in the goal seconds after being whistled for offside

Thanks for the feedback

The ref is busting my b@lls allready

WTf REF !!!

And again no Yellow for Genoa ...

Milan not playing well.

Really bad start

They're just owning us! A decimated Genoa..terrible.

Bertolacci once again, totally absent.

Can't believe we paid 20m for this guy!

Tough start so far, we are back to playing terrible, that midfield can't keep the ball for two passes. Its pathetic. Gotta say though I usually don't comment on the officiating, but to me Tagliavento is calling this one all one way. I don't know what Pavoletti needs to do to get a yellow.