Milan: A Serie A Circus Act

Stemming from this past summer, the once mighty Milan have become not so mighty. What exists are a plethora of words to describe the club's painfully frustrating start to the season. I'll allow our fellow Milanisti to be creative with such words of disappointment. At times, many of the supporters feel that eventually, something has to give. Something has to go in favor of the Rossoneri. However, with the injuries sustained to the likes of Stephan El Shaarawy, Mattia De Sciglio and the most recent one being Matias Silvestre, it's only fair to point fingers at the highly ridiculed manager, Mr. Allegri, right? The question the Milan faithful want answers to is "How can one club sustain this many injuries? It's one thing to have injuries occur late in the season as the players have gone through a ton of minutes in the Champions League, Coppa Italia and the Serie A campaign. It's another to have virtually every player miss some time just two months into the campaign.

Milan's woes don't end there. The continuous concerns in the defense have cost Milan points on several occasions. Place blame on injuries all you want but Galliani and Berlusconi failed to address Milan's biggest hole this past summer. As a result, the lackluster defending has contributed to Milan's current position in Serie A, 10th. Milan is no stranger to this type of start as just a year ago, they spent quite some time in the cellar of Serie A only to have Stephan El Shaarawy save Milan from one of the worse campaigns in the club historic history. Just a few weeks ago, Galliani finally addressed the defending concerns by inking a deal with the want away French international from Valencia, Adil Rami. Additionally, Galliani and Allegri confirmed the transfer of Keisuke Honda from CSKA Moscow, a move that has been expected since the summer.

Logically, when a club is suffering this badly, it's only fitting that speculation occurs regarding the future of two of the club's elite talents, Stephan El Shaarawy and Mario Balotelli. Rumors spread across social media yesterday about El Shaarawy and Balotelli. Not going too much into this but to keep it short, its just smoke.

Injuries, defending that makes you cringe, social media rumors and perhaps a manager sacking? Come one, come all to the circus act in Milan- MS