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Grading how the Juventus midfielders have performed as we enter the international break. As Juventus enter the October international break with a crucial fixture against Milan on the schedule when Serie A recommences, the Old Lady finds herself already more than 20 percent through league play with almost as many questions as before the season started. Max Allegri?s squad has been good, bad, boring, chaotic, and everything in between. Luckily for the Bianconeri, the same can be said for many other Italian sides, and at the end of all this mayhem Juventus sit precariously in third place.
The madness starts with the midfield. This is a unit that has been under the microscope for several seasons but which, to this point, for various reasons, has failed to undergo the complete revamping it has so desperately needed. Through eight games, here?s where things stand. Note: I have not included Weston McKennie in these report cards, although as I?ll mention in the end even deployed as a wingback he does help the unit retain a semblance of workability.
Let?s get to grading. Red pen deployed.

Manuel Locatelli: B
Locatelli has probably been Juventus? best midfielder thus far, and that should tell you something about how the rest of this evaluation is going to go. Like the team itself, Locatelli?s play has been wildly uneven ? a couple very solid performances with a couple duds. I feel like a broken rec...