Our priorities were the places we lack players worthy to wear our starter material.
After Conte's quick fixes in our defense, as a team, we struggled the most at finishing our chances.
At this transfer window we had the opportunity to fix our major weakness and do smth about the minor issues Conte was forced to compromise from elsewhere.
Our weakest points where the Borriello,
Bonucci's blunders
and DC's consistency.
With Pogba and Maronee we could add the needed depth, Lucio was brought as a viable alternative until Bonucci matures.
So the finisher and the left wing back were our main concerns.
Asamoah becomes avialable, an opportunity target, fine player, but we already have 3 quality starters and the depth we need, yet he goes and commits 35mil for a CM sub and an injured RCM.
11 mil to repair the mistake he did with Giovinco, 10 more mil to yet another young SS, just to loan him out...
Seriously?? What we needed and what we got? Red s prolly right, it could be as he thinks or not, but regardless of what Marotta was thinking (if anything) he has failed us! Again... he should have known what he can buy and what he couldnt, there really was plenty of time to secure a Pazzini, while Marotta was just waiting for yet another opportunity target to appear...
All the other teams were smarter to conclude their deals before we did and we ended up with Bendter, whos fault is that, regardless of the reason??
And of course as Conte realised that Marotta will fail for the 3 consecutive season to find a LB/LWB, he tried Asamoah and it worked better as quickfix than any of our available options there and since he was in exceed as a CM, he made the natural choice.
Still thats doesnt justify Marotta's failure to get the appropriate tools though...
Conte will tweak us and he will find a way to make us work, regardless of the obstacles Marotta's is throwing at us.
Other coaches would have rank us 7th, as we have seen twice and we should not so easily forget...