Early indications, yes. But not to defend them unnecessarily, there's little point about whining about a mercato until you see the results. The rest is as imaginary as a mercato on FM.
We spent more money on transfers than any other club but Real Madrid a couple seasons ago, and look where that got us.
no buying a LW or CB and favor the acquisition of 3SSs is a stupid managerial decision, regardless of the result.
We can only go us far because of this incredibly stupid decision making, the set up a huge handicap, for any coach to overcome.
Despite of the degree Conte will fail and the degree the performances of the rest of our players will vary, the stupid managerial decision should not be judged/affected by the result, but from the direction.
So do give an example.
3 brothers buy 3 identical watches, from a mediocre store, all the watches are broken and only indicate 00:00.
The first one check his watch at 23:00 and believes that that cheap watch is as bad as he thought.
The second one check his watch at 10:00 and realizes the mistake they did.
The third one check the hour at 00:02 and remains with the delusional impression, that he made a fine acquisition, but still, that doesnt change the fact that it isnt!
In our situation, its plain and simple to see what we needed and what we got and the decision making in deals like the Melo's are completely irrelevant to our performances.