well, andrade was just unlucky. He did great before that, and he surely was a good addition.
Tiago was just disappointing, it was a gamble on him, and it went wrong. We could of course blame gigli for that, but i'd put the blame on tiago himself, who just can't get used to serie-a (up until now... prove me wrong tiago!!!)
And Iaquinta IS excellent. what more do you want? he doesn't get any reasonable play time, yet he scored some very important goals, and had some impressing games imo. He's a world-cup winner for god's sake. He definately was a good signing.
Whether or not those 3 are world-class... it may be arguable, but all in all it was not that bad. And considering the fact that they made up their mistake in midfield (tiago) by getting sissoko, i can't really understand how you can critizise our board so harshly...
I didn't mean to come off as harsh as I did. Andrade was a great signing, assuming he could keep injury-free. Sadly, he couldn't, and assuming he's back, he might not ever be the same. It was a good gamble, but it fell short.
Tiago was a flop, and buying both him and the very similar Almiron was a mistake. He's put in some average efforts, but average is not good enough. I don't think he ever had the credentials to be considered "world class." Others might disagree.
Iaquinta was a great addition, don't get me wrong. He's provided a great tertiary option for the offense, and has proven capable as a forward and a winger. I was very happy he was signed. To me, he's the closest one to being a world class signing. He's just not quite at the level of the world class players that Juve had going in (DP, Trez, Camo, Nedved, Buffon) and I guess when someone says three world class players, I expected players of their level.
To Gigli, they made 3 world class signings. To me, it was more like 1 (Iaquinta) and a half (Andrade), and that is being gracious. It wasn't horrible, but that transfer period sure wasn't about 40 million euro well spent.