Haha, borderline assaults.

Melo isn't WC I'm starting to see that now, but I wouldn't say he's useless. I know you're not saying that though. I used to defend Melo before, I liked his grinta and his ability to piss people off. But even I can see that he has some responsibility in our decline.
absolute nonsense.
his first season, he was asked to play as a regista, which is not at all his natural position. A team spends 25m on a rugged, bullish mainly defensive central midfielder, then deploys him a la Pirlo...that first season was not Melo's fault. Also the manager (Ciro) didn't have a fucking clue how to manage.
his second season, he was surely our most consistently decent player. Strangely enough, he was played in his natural position. And yes, in many games he DID provide an insurmountable barrier in front of the defence. By all means, I agree that he fucked up in the parma game. but thats one game. one moment of lunacy all season, other than which, i doubt he had one of the worst disciplinary records on the league. that game was a major turning point for us, but i dont blame melo. we were looking shit before the new year, seemed to run out of steam. in fact, every player in our squad came out of last season without any credit, except Melo and Storari. The case fo chiellini and bonucci is also a little hazy, as they were both playing, for large periods of the season, two positions each.