With Isla - Vidal - Marchisio - Pirlo - Asamoah, plus Giovinco and Vucinic - we have improved every single position we needed from last year (LWB, RWB, SS, CF). And Juve was already the best in Italy.
This team is awesome for its unique mix of skill AND grinta. These guys can play AND run like hell all time. They are hungry, just like Conte. You don't get this mix everyday.
Regarding Pirlo - I feel that this team is getting less dependable of him, which is awesome in the long run.