any formation without Ale, sucks ass. He was injured for like half of last season and still was our top scorer. This happens every season.... The doubters say he's too old blah blah blah......and then come the end of the season, guess who's top scorer. Juve's better just by him being on the field and that's the bottom line
our top scorer, in our worst season for half a century...when he was up against a iaquinta who was dead most the season, a trez who was repeatedly injured, and an amauri who was clearly suffering from some form of debilitating mental lethargy. Its hardly an achievement for Dp to have bettered the other strikers.
Maybe our team is better when he plays, but that is NOT because he remains as he used to be, a potential match winner in every game he plays. Its because the rest of our attack is awful. Amauri cannot shoot, run, dribble, pass. Iaquinta, when fit, needs 10 chances to score one goal. Trez still has quality i am sure, but he is getting old, getting injured too often to allow him to get match sharpness, and without sharpness, he becomes useless.
DP/Amauri/Iaquinta/Trez....hardly fantastic.
Adding in Giovinco, and Immobile, makes that group faster and more lively. And I DO believe that Giovinco can play in the support striker role.
I remember feeling sorry for DP last season, when he was talking up his hopes of been selected for the national team. At this stage, whilst he was getting the odd goal here and there, he was generally...awful, like everyone else in the team. he clearly STILL has much to offer, but pinning our hopes on him to be our most potent striker, is a horrible way to start the season.