There is a popular saying in Milan about coaches who under perform with their respective clubs. Panettone is a typical treat enjoyed around Christmas time, popular in the Lombardy region. So as the saying goes: will Leonardo be kept around long enough that he too can indulge in this Milanese delicacy?

With back to back horrendous performances that had me reeling in agony, the pressure is mounting on management. If the string of uninspired play continues, some changes need to take place. But sacking Leonardo would basically suggest that Milan is raising the white flag and admitting defeat. Only time will tell.

Livorno, arguably the least talented team in the Serie A who will be fighting the relegation battle all season long, turned into Real Madrid on Saturday. Livorno midfielder Antonio Candreva morphed into Cristiano Ronaldo, and even their other unheralded players exposed Milan's flaws for the entire world to see.

My head buried in sheer embarrassment, the first half ended scoreless. Huntelaar's horrendous showing culminated with a half volley attempt from thirty meters out which led to the Spanish announcers laughing in disbelief. The only bright spot on the entire team in the first half was Thiago Silva, who almost caused my premature heart attack when he rolled around on the pitch writhing in pain. To make matters worst for Rossoneri fans, the camera man decided to further torture us by immediately capturing an image of our new found bomber Kakhaber "Kakha" Kaladze warming up on the sidelines, the same defender who only a week ago showed his deft world class touch and instinct with a pair of clinical finishes in the back of his own Georgian net.

Thankfully Thiago was fine. Other than that I will continue the rant: a sad realization I made is that Milan actually played better when Ronaldinho was taken out of the game. A player of his caliber can only be so effective if he's standing static throughout the game. I'm not quite sure why Massimo Oddo was on the pitch to begin with, a once gifted right back in his prime who had a knack for delivering pinpoint crosses, his touches can now be seen flying into the first section of the San Siro, nearly decapitating unsuspecting fans.

At least Pirlo is on form, but how long will it take Leonardo to realize how much better Andrea is playing in a trequartista role like he does on the Italian National Team, rather than being utilized as a deep lying play-maker where he has to run around more because of defensive duties. If you disagree with me, just watch an Italy game and take note of his effectiveness when he's deployed right behind the strikers, compared to his more retracted position at Milan where he's sitting in front of the defense.

Random Notes:

- Ignazio Abate NEEDS to be starting as a fullback. All he has to do is improve his defensive skills, but he has world class speed, can track back with any attacker, and also delivers some beautiful balls from that right hand side. If Leonardo truly wants to replicate the 1982 Brazilian national team (read my first article for more information) then Abate would be ideal for that type of play, where the fullbacks would constantly push forward.

- Instead of wasting more than a dozen million Euro's on the corpse of Huntelaar, why didn't we take back Alberto Paloschi? He has a natural scorers instinct and is the second coming of Filippo Inzaghi, mark my words. He would surely be more effective than the Dutch "striker", and I use the term striker loosely. Pedestrian would be a more accurate description of his position. From what I've seen so far, even a scarecrow planted right outside the penalty box would be more effective than Huntelaar. His counterpart Marco Borriello might be a bit dry with the goalscoring as well, but at least he wins every single header, tracks back on defense, keeps possession by bullying weaker defenders, and gives his heart out in every game.

- My ideal formation for Milan at this moment. (Please, feel free to disagree and share your input)
-------------Storari----------------

-Abate---Silva-----Nesta---Zambrotta-

------Flamini--------Ambrosini------

------Pirlo----------Ronaldinho-----

----------Pato-------------------

--------------Borriello-----------

Pirlo and Ronaldinho sitting right behind Pato and a slightly more advanced Borriello who stays put in the middle rather than venturing out on the wing where he's useless. Abate taking the place of the artist formerly known as Oddo, and Zambrotta switching to the opposite flank.

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