The real issue here is that we did not take the right path directly after Calciopoli. We should have focused on the youth and built a solid base of players around them, and worked our way up from there. It would have been difficult to appease the fans that way, but everyone should understand now that success doesn't come overnight.
I liken our last four years of Juventus to the macroeconomic state of the United States -- instead of allowing the system to cleanse itself naturally, money was thrown at the problem in a very negligent way. Just like banks should have failed, certain players should have taken a back seat to the younger generation. Instead of buying players in their prime, the club should have focused on finding talent that would fit our long-term goal of having an intelligent team of players who have chemistry with one another. Then once that base would be in place, the money would be spent primarily for top players.
Taking this route would have brought us some short-term pain, surely. We might have even finished lower in the table than we did last year. But at the very least, today we would have our base of players already set, with some 23-24 year-olds ready to step into their prime. The squad would be accustomed to one another and we wouldn't have to spend 12 million for the likes of Martinez. Our trend as a team would probably be up, not down, like it is today. But instead, we currently find ourselves wading through the same troubled waters we did a few years ago with no progress made at all (IMO).
I still believe the youth route is the best path to prosperity. At least it appears that the management is investing in the youth program and setting up some footballing ideals for them to work around. We shall see how it goes. But if the end result consists of loaning the best talents, then what's the point of the academy in the first place.
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