As good as bonucci was at passing, still, we cannot blame everything on his sale.
Bonuccis long passes were a good option when we needed to change rhytm playing precise hoofball. But that was an extra tool, that should NOT be the bulk of our play.
The midfield is the critical area here. We need skilled midfielders able to get the ball from the back, and get it to the enemy field as a group. That requires skill.
For now, i think we need players who want to be involved in the midfield. Players like pjanic, marchiso and betancourt. And matuidi of course because he is the only physical player we have.
But for the summer, we desperately need to find skilled players for the midfield.
And even this alone will not do, because you can have all the iniestas in the world, but if the coach doesnt know how to focus the momevemnt of the team on team, and just order to hoofball to the wingers... we will never have a gameplan.
Allegri needs to finally develop a midfield that can dominate with passes and possesion. Defensive grinta is great, but it cannot be used everygame and pretend it will work.
I repeat, we need to find a balance in midfield and try to dominate in possesion and passing.