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.
If you look at it like then yes fine,Juve has improved,but the fact is,other teams are also improving for their better as well..We are not in CL,fine,but we are in Europa League,and we should always try to achieve the final,even if its only Europa,with this squad,which is an improvement of course than last season,but only by little,do you think we will have a chance at Europa,or do you not want to do well in Europa?
And about the money thing,we didnt get players who are on a high wages,true,but like i said previously,we can always try to get income,from shirt sales,from season tickets,from ads..we did sell a lot which freed some wages, the likes of Poulsen,Camo,Trez,Tiago,Zebina were getting a lot, we could at least have afforded 2 more players on the level of those guys in terms of wages..
I do believe this team is still capable of placing 4th,but there will still be lots of matches that breaks our heart,hopefully not as many as last season..
I just want us to achieve our goal come the end of the season,and unleash a better force along with the new stadium..
Forza Juventus