It's just not right to spend so much on just one player we actually don't really need.I think if we certainly buy another striker this year it has to be a younger one than Amauri who can replace Trezeguet in about 2 years time. Amauri certainly isn't old,don't get me wrong and he is definitely class but still I would prefer Huntelaar for example or even Lanzafame and keep Palladino.
I see your point, and i agree with you on most of them. BUT, fact is; Huntelaar would have cost us 25-30mio euros CASH. I can't think of Ajax wanting any nocerinos or marchionnis for their superstar. And we simply don't have that money right now. But we have players we don't really need, and if you want to make the best money out of them, you need to trade them, and to trade italian talents, you can only look inside the serie-a. I can't think of a good team willing to give away their best striker for nocerino and marchionni except a mid-table serie-a team. So, looking at serie a's strikers, i think we have made the best out of it by aiming for amauri.
As for the age; you're right. Someone around 22yrs would have been MUCH better, but let's not forget that del piero can't play all the games anymore, and with CL coming up... (he was rather bad when we played more than 1 game per week) Amauri is pretty versatile and i think he could replace Trez and Del Piero whatever position is needed at that moment. Plus, let's not forget that there were games where trez was invisible. Don't get me wrong, i really like our Trez, but if you play against strong teams, with a solid defense, Trez can be put out of the game pretty easily, and that's where he could be subbed for amauri, who can fetch the ball more, and keep the defense more busy and thus making room for the others.
It's undeniable that we do need to reinforce our forward department further in 2 or 3 yrs time, but if we keep palla, i think we already have a first good player (i assume he'll improve a lot)
I see iaquinta as our 4th choice striker then, but iaquinta is like the perfect sub for me. He doesn't need much playing time to score goals... that's just perfect.
So, in short, amauri's signing was NOT completely useless. I see your point asking for younger players, but amauri is good for another 3 or 4 years, and by that time, i hope we have settled in CL again, and can attract younger talents again.