That is indeed a good post baggio, but regarding Vieira in 2006, I would just like to point out that the team was a little bit more complete back then, and all Moggi really had to do was focus on one great target pr. year. We were also a european powerhouse, a much more prestigious club than what we are now. We've regained some of that status back, though, by becoming champions again, but I think you're slightly forgetting what a crushing blow Calciopoli was to us, as well as the continuing decline of Serie-A and the "Secco years", when we really didn't have a sporting project in place, and never looked anywhere near winning a title.
The conditions in which Moggi operated was very different from what Marotta has to deal with.
Serie-A is becoming a joke, and in these conditions, my opinion is that Marotta is doing one hell of a job.
To me, it was clear that he really tried hard to get us a top player this summer, but he couldn't do it all at once (add quality depth + get a top player).
Would I rather have Dzeko and not Isla, Asamoah and Giovinco? No.
Would I rather have RVP and not Isla, Asamoah and Giovinco? No.
Definitely not.
Next summer we can focus on ONE great transfer target. But this year, entering the CL and having the need for more quality depth, we simply couldn't.
He did try, though, but the conditions didn't allow it this time.
I don't at all mean to compare the two coz way too many variables are involved in their respective eras, and all things considered, anybody replacing Moggi would have their backs up against a wall.
When I gave the Moggi-Viera example, it was really to point out the scale of that operation. Not just economically, but the length, the process of bidding, the way we carried it out, largely because it had to do wi a player form overseas. Most big clubs go about negotiations like this and that's why they more often than not, end up with their target. Unfortunately, I see Marrotta doesn't operate at Juve like it is a big club, on the intl transfer scene. He looks for a cheap deal before looking at characteristics.
About Marrotta doing a hell of a job. The jury is out on it. My reasons for that are, our ability to prioritise our purchases. Would you agree with me if I said, our squad at the very beginning of this mercato needed an LwB and CF first and foremost? Followed by a backup CM. When we look at Asamoah, Isla and Giovinco and their purchases, what we see instead are an RWB, an SS and a backup CM who is operating as LwB. Considering these purchases were made at the very start of our mercato, wasn't it our responsibility to go for the to positions that would have the most telling impact on the pitch before filling positions that it could be argued had a fair amount of cover? For all practical purposes, we ended up without filling the two positions at the top of our list. This argument is often turned on its head by who cares, we are winning!? These issues unfortunately will come to light when we play in Europe.
Despite that, for me, we were never short of money, and hgiven we closed these guys at the start of the mercato, we had two full months to figure out a strategy, to if nothing else, not end up the way we did. We took Siena's target eventually, dont you find that pitiable?
Next summer, like this one, according to me, is going to be harder if anything, simply because of the wage component. Unless, some player breaks out of somewhere, we are going to have similar targets, and will have to pay out of our noses, breaking our wage cap to accommodate them. I can only hope the CL income will help create a bit of a buffer.
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