Will be very interesting to see what line-up Montella picks and even if it's shown as a 4-3-3 I'm 95% confident the shape on the pitch will not be that

Biglia and Romagnoli are the ones still out injured, what I hope to see



A play on a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zSyA6lYpUo

A little funny fact vid on our opponents

Have we ditched Cutrone already?

another season in the Europa league ffs.

Another? We've not been here for over a decade I seem to recall.

I really think it's time to get a better and more accurate assessment on Silva.

Maybe against Crotone. Not in a UEL qualifier. Cutrone has impressed. He's scored. He's earned the place. If Borini can get all these starts, Paddy can.

Cutrone will most likely be sent on loan

More or less the same age as Silva yet you dismiss one and give the other a chance?

Not exactly, and who said I was dismissing him? I just said that he'll most likely be loaned because that's what's being reported.

**** man you had to hit me in the balls so early in the day......wait its 6pm

3-0 First leg then 1-1 away.

Here are the call ups:

PORTIERI: A. Donnarumma, G. Donnarumma, Storari
DIFENSORI: Abate, Antonelli, Bonucci, Conti, Gabbia, Musacchio, Rodriguez, Zapata
CENTROCAMPISTI: Bonaventura, Calhanoglu, Kessié, Locatelli, Montolivo
ATTACCANTI: Borini, Cutrone, Silva,

No Calabria, Gomez, Paletta, Romagnoli, Sosa or Niang.

Was just about to say...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that all of Niang, Paletta, Sosa and Gomez are market related

Niang and Paletta the most likely to go next imo.


Selling Gomez though is a bad move this late in the mercato. Selling him while keeping Zapata makes even less sense. He's got potential imo and selling him will turn out to be a mistake in the long run.

If we sell him we need to have a move lined up ASAP, we only have 4 CBs now and if Montella is going to switch to 3 at the back (as he hinted in his press conference today) we'll need one more

That attack is also seriously lacking even if you add Kalinic, we need one more forward for sure and another midfielder

Suso?

You did. 'What I hope to see'. No Cutrone.

He must be missing from that list.

Here's another one

Milan squad for Shkendija A Donnarumma, G Donnarumma, Storari; Abate, Antonelli, Bonucci, Conti, Gabbia, Musacchio, Rodriguez, Zapata; Bonaventura, Calhanoglu, Kessié, Locatelli, Montolivo; Borini, Cutrone, Andre Silva, Suso

The predicted line up from sky is kinda worrying I have to say, either Montella is also thinking about the fact that we're playing 4 games in something like 10 days so he's rotating a bit or he's sipping the koolAid

G. Donnarumma; Conti, Bonucci, Zapata, Antonelli; Kessie, Montolivo, Calhanoglu; Suso, Silva, Borini [Sky]


Those 3 make zero sense considering who would sit on the bench instead of them.

The Borini inclusion is the most worrying. Danny it's your fault if Montella develops some sort of fixation with him

Montella should stop it with this Borini nonsense. One of the poorest players in the pre-season, yet he keeps starting games. Moreover, drop that 4-3-3 that's clearly not suited to the players we have, and either switch to a 3-man defense already or play the most logical 4-2-3-1.

Told you

Well, considering who he's dropping, I think he's looking at the league game on Sunday and then the 2nd leg on Thursday.

Hopefully he'll get some better rotation players/starters by the end of this month so Borini would become an emergency player only

I'm not worried about the player selection at all. Like you said, 4 matches in 10 days is a tough schedule and that kind of rotation is necessary. Especially with the flanks, were we have 1 normal player in Suso and some halflings.

What worries me is the constant tactical inflexibility and the 4-3-3 system. Makes me wonder if Montella plans to stick with it, which would be very bad I guess.

In his defence it never is 4-3-3. It's always 4-1-4-1 or 4-2-3-1.

Starting XI: G.Donnarumma; Conti, Bonucci, Zapata, Antonelli; Kessié, Montolivo, Calhanoglu; Borini, André Silva, Suso

God help us, Montoleader is starting. I'll get the grappa out early...

7th minute and Kessie already showing his worth. I really like this guy.

SILVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!

Good finish

3-0

Monto then Silva again. We are not looking bad at all now.

Hakan and Silva very impressive today. Kessie has always been good, so that goes without saying

called it !!

Bon has impressed , i wonder how Monti feels though i mean inside he must be dissapointed not being primo captain anymore but fack i hated him being captain such a paper plane.

So, as Han said, Kessie and Silva quite good today. Hakan good but not as good as I want him to be. Conti looks very tired, it's his 3rd game in a row that he looks like this. Antonelli is obviously a disaster. I am convinced that I could play better than him. Montolivo and Borini trying, not doing bad - considering they are our back ups.

This won't be the final score

Well, that was fun. The defense looks a bit creaky still - not sure if it's conditioning or that they haven't really played together.

Montoleader surprised me in a good way.

Silva...damn. That second goal was very impressive. More please.

im turning it off at 3-0 lol it is for me ! halas we won! next leg please.

Agree on all this bar Borini - he's a joke.

Conti's had no impact - barely noticed him.

Kessie's QUITE good? He's been the best player on the pitch by a mile! Absolute monster - hasn't put a foot wrong. Could become Serie A's best midfielder the way he's been going for us.

Silva absolutely delighting me - took both goals superbly - keep this up and I'll be delighted to have been wrong about him. Sure it's only some diddie side fro Macedonia but you can only beat the teams you face and while his off ball work hasn't been perfect, he's had two valid shots as a Milan player and both of them have been great goals.

It's definitely a 4-3-3 and that's why Cal hasn't been perfect - he doesn't suit sitting so deep. Monto has been good - make no bones about it, he's played well and his goal was good too.

Suso a bit meh - still taking too much of the ball for himself and trying too much. It's as if it was his ego last season and now it's him trying to impress with all the competition. Some of it is good, some isn't.

Defence barely tested but been good apart from two mild attacks - Zapata off the pace.

And now I see how good Rodriguez is - what an upgrade at LB he's been. Antonelli acceptable as squad but not a starter. I used to rate him very highly - but he's been really bad tonight.

I feel like Montella has shackled him a bit from his all out attacking style, which is understandable as he tends to push up a lot which could lead to trouble with a 4 at the back

But Conti's best attribute is his attacking play, he really should have at least a bit of freedom to attack as he can be very lethal

That ball from Kessie for Borini, pure CLASS !

Kessie...

He's fulfilling my dream of having a great 2-way mid at Milan. Finally!!

Hakan off Bona on

Great game from Hakan, looking forward to see him when he gets his sharpness back to a 100%

Lol, Borini scores!

Even Borini gets in on the action!!

Antonelli!!

Antonelli too now

It's nice to finally dominate teams the way we should!

What a hat trick that would have been for Silva!!

At work, but following the game as best I can. Good to be back as a real team !!!

Another for Monto!!

Monto just found his niche

6-0

Good for him !!! What role is he playing and how well is he doing?