I would have to agree about going through the motions. We've played with the urgency of banana slugs ever since we cracked the top five earlier this calendar year. No doubt today we were dogging it (love those animal metaphors) because of the upcoming CL affair.
It's rather upsetting that we've settled for fighting for fourth place in the league the past couple seasons, and even nowadays we can't get it up for that. It's as if we're consigning the Scudetto to Merda from day one. I can't see us winning the CL again with our broken squad (famous last words), and then we just might see our disdain for Serie A finally bite us in the rear.
Besides lack of motivation, endurance has been a huge problem; we are more susceptible to injuries than ever before due to our age problem. Were this not the case, we wouldn't have had to toss Paloschi into the fire so early as we have. Pato has paid off in spades for us so far and gives us hope for the future. Right now, though, for this season, he's a quick fix.
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