Well we did improve RB, CB, RM, CM, LM and SS. We lost a good AMC and we lost Giovinco.
I don't know how you can say we haven't improved. Even if we're not a fantastic team yet we've still improved and on paper (I know, I know.. but what else can Marotta do than put together teams on paper) we should be a top 4 team. You can't say the same about last year.
I can easily say it's not an improvement on last year.
Lanzafame, Martinez, Pepe, and Krasic are not, in my opinion, improvements on Diego, Giovinco and Camoranesi. None of those players have the skill of Diego. I know some who have turned on the player since he's no longer at Juve will say he never did much, but even during a season when we were poor he was one of the few that produced some bright spots. Krasic is a good player, so the right wing slot has one improvement. Yipee.
If Aquilani stays healthy he will provide some needed creativity in midfield, but chances of that aren't very good. So going with that line of thinking, it's not necessarily an improvement upon last season.
As for the backline, Bonucci seems pretty good so far, but Motta has not. He gets beaten far too easily on the flank, much like Grygera all the time. Traore isn't an upgrade on Grosso although I do like that he is young, so there is room for personal improvement for him.
So what we have here is a few areas that have a couple good additions, while the rest we actually did the opposite and worsened the squad, specifically with Diego's departure. Therefore, I can't say this is a real improvement. Sorry!
And I'm done discussing Diego. I don't care what other folks think, giving him away is fucking idiocy.
Pepe, Martinez and Krasic instead of an injured Camo and an out of position Marchisio? They are not excellent but I'd take that.
Bonucci instead of Cannavaro, Motta instead of Grygera? I'd take that wholeheartedly.
How many games did Giovinco play last season? We didn't lose anything compared to the last season by loaning him out. And we have Aquilani now. I agree, Diego and Giovinco might have made a difference but they didn't last season if we are comparing our squad to the one we had last year. All in all, we have improved even though we are still very far from being a top team.
There is no need to shift from your gloomy world to the one in which we sign Messi. We only have to get a CL place and with this team we can.
Well, then you must rate Quag, Pepe, Lanzafame and Martinez more so than Diego and Seba. That's really what it comes down to doesn't it. You must also think that Aquilani will be able to stay away from injury and Motta will be a serious upgrade to Caceres and Grygera.
If we would have kept Diego and Giovinco, I would say we have made some improvement on last year, for sure. But not now, no way. I'm not going to buy the propaganda. Some of these aforementioned players have been proven to be mediocre, so we did not really make an improvement on last year besides Krasic and maybe Bonucci. You're getting fooled by the quantity (over the quality).
If you think it was a great summer and you rate all these players, that's perfectly fine. I do not.