OK, so what was your opinion of Moggi in the late 90's when Juve weren't winning anything?
You mean the team that had to deal with Del Piero's career changing injury? The one that had just obliterated everything in sight to make three consecutive CL finals. And not winning anything, included throwing away the title at Perugia on the last day, and finishing second the year after. Big difference from finishing seventh.
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I had no major issue with moving Diego and Trezeguet on - and I say that with Trezeguet as possibly my all-time favourite Juve player.
Didn't think Krasic and Pepe were too bad for Delneri's system.
The fullbacks were poor.
I also thought Delneri failed to get anything like the best out of the squad he was given.
Diego and Trezeguet moved on to be replaced by DiNatale, who we hadn't got clearance from, before being rejected By Borriello and ending up with Quag. A player who people complain about till date. And for as much as I love Quag, Trezeguet and Diego are better than everything Marrotta signed that season.
Pepe and Krasic weren't bad for Del Neri's system. It's just that they they were meant for the right side.
I think Del Neri made a pretty good go of it with the team he had, playing Marchisio out wide left because of the absence of a proper lw. The team if you remember, was fighting for second with Quag on fire. Up until Quagliarella's injury, we were in the race for a top 3 finish but that's only coz he was pretty much carrying the attack that otherwise had the ever dependable Del Piero, Amauri and Iaquinta. Can't just blame Luigi alone for the failure of an imbalanced squad at his disposal. Martinez was the option for both SS and Lw that year if IIRC, while we loaned out Giovinco for 3.5m.
Yup.
Them's the breaks.
Sometimes a transfer will wildly exceed expectations.
Sometimes a transfer will fail even though it made a lot of sense and was an absolutely correct move when it was made.
The point there was not just about Barzagli being our breakout star actually being brought in as a sub. The point being that we had a glaring need for a CB and Marrotta failed to procure one. Remember the Alves deadline day saga? Exactly one year after the last day Quag saga.