How? Signings are one thing but a coach should be able to make a team at least resemble something he's working towards but so far there's very little evidence of that. Our defense is just as, if not more calamitous than ever, our offense is impotent and can't score goals the same way Fitzy can't sink a ball in pool, and our midfield is full of infectious shitheads who do literally nothing for 90 minutes. Brozovic, Medel and Guarin are practically non-factors.
Meanwhile, our first sub (if our coach remembers to make any by the 81st minute) is Zdravko Kuzmanovic. Hernanes, one of, if not our only midfielder with proven pedigree plays second fiddle to this tool and most disgustingly, the clearly and so blatantly obvious talent of Kovacic, the player which any idiot can see should be invested heavily upon, is just sitting on the bench, probably regretting signing that contract extension, jerking off to distant memories of playing in the Champions League with Dinamo Zagreb, wondering how he hasn't yet reached the heights of mighty Dinamo with Inter.
So, one might wonder what the arrival of Toulalan and Lucas Leiva might add, besides Mancini playing a new 4312 with a different midfield trio of Brozovic, Toulalan, Medel, relegating Shaqiri to the bench and finally rewarding Guarin with that trequartista position he so deserves and thrives in.
We have nothing to play for. Apart from an ungodly miracle by Mancini selling his soul to the devil, Hillary Clinton herself, we will not make the champions league. At this point we won't even make the Europa League, and I suspect many might not even want us to. I do agree a season of Serie A football with no distractions could do us well in principle (pencilpal lel) and on paper, yes. But in reality, all I'm seeing is without a doubt, the worlds worst 'big team' humiliate itself incessantly.
Mancini should just start next seasons pre-season now and just pick the formation he wants, his ideal lineup (minus the expected new arrivals of course) and just fucking drill it into these sick pieces of shit. However, even if he did that (wishful thinking,) I'd be expecting very few changes, both in results and personnel.