Why do people rate Marotta that highly? Except for Cassano and Pazzini, I don't see the fuss.
Whoever brought players like Kjaer, Hernandez, Cavani and Pastore to Palermo is good.
We should get Pietro Leonardi.
I think it is very diffenrent to be a scout for "smaller" teams,bc most players you get are going the chance of playing. Take Pastore and Hernandez, would they have gotten the chance to play as much in Juve, Inter and Milan - I don't think so.
I think we need ppl that a good a judging what kind of player a team needs, and good bargaining/coercing skills.
Smaller teams will always look better at getting talents than big teams on average, because they will get to play. I know that plenty exceptions exist Pato, Higuain, Messi - but in general I think there are som selection bias in this.
With respect to this transfer campaign I think we should fix the defense and then start to buy QUALITY.
Let's say we get Kjaer, Caceres and Kolarov/Tremoulinas and whatevet, then I would not mind spending the rest one big acquisition with a good coach and a plan for next year.
We should not buy players and hope for immediate succes next year, but buy quality and then it will come. Diego and Di Maria could be a fantastic base for a potent attack. We should get Candreva because he is so versatile and has been rather good.
That is what I want, Pazzini and likes no thank. They might be very good, but I doubt they are going to be GREAT, and that is what we need.