Tacchinardi, Conte, Ferrara, Birrindelli, Di Livio, iuliano, Torrcelli....there in an endless list of players of "limited ability" that were by no means world class that won while playing with Juventus. Sure we bought Buffon, Nedved and Thuram one summer but that was funded by selling Zidane (our best player of the time)
Juventus has always been about the team, the collective and right now we have the best squad in Serie A by some margin. hell i hate Simone Pepe but the guy grows in stature whenever he pulls on the black and white strip. Marotta has brought in Asamoah,Pogba who have already had a massive impact this year.
Marotta tried and failed to bring in a world class striker but that is more a reflection on the state of Serie A than Juventus IMHO, South American and European players would rather go play for a mid-table Premiership team than Roma,Lazio,etc because the funding these teams have far outstrip those on ofefr here. the very top clubs (the ones we are competing with for top players) are throwing offers of 300k per week around (the rumoured contract offered to RVP by Citeh)
Marotta isn't the top man but he has done a very,very good job