As something as a Milan fan, I can safely say that Noce has done diddly squat for Milan since his first season where Ibra set up every one of his 12 league goals.
Allegri (just been sacked and replaced by Seedorf because we've been terrible this season) used him as a "trequartista", but in reality, he's barely good enough to play a normal CM role.
He's just another free (cheap) transfer Galliani brought in to replace people like Seedorf and Gattuso - Milan fans now regularly mock him, and this is an extremely average Milan side.
He played against Udinese in the week in the coppa italia QF, and in 90 minutes, barely touched the ball.