cause no real upgrades were made (i thought locatelli was good, but inexperienced and not a difference maker) and the old players just got older, slower, more injury prone. there were also some on an expiring contract, no wonder some of them were disappointing. and morata never had 2 good seasons in a row. the squad still needed upgrade to aim higher. read my posts, i also stated that max wasn't a miracle maker. i never trusted the new management either. this club is a shitshow since marotta left. as i said many times during last season, fixing the squad should have been the first priority which obviously didn't happen.
the fact that we could have aimed higher if tek was doing his job in the opening 2 rounds tell a lot about the league.
at least we learned that rus knew that it was gonna be the weakest league in a decade. so thanks for the question.