I think we might be witnessing their inevitable return to mid table mediocrity. I dont know if guys are too young here on the board to remember how much of a non-entity Atletico used to be. Simeone done brilliantly but they've also been very good in the transfer market, replacing their class players who left, Falcao, Aguero, Diego Costa etc. Last couple of years their transfers have been complete duds. Huge sums of money have been wasted on Lemar, Vitolo, bringing back a crocked D Costa, Gelson, Kalinic, Marcos Llorente and dare I say it: Morata and Felix. Jury ofcourse still out on the latter but the fact is that this duo, so far, doesn't produce enough goals.
Then we have the issue (imo) of Simeone not really having decided what positions Saul and Koke actually are to play. I've thought atleast one of them would be molded to be the main CM along side a more defensive DM (Thomas I suppose) but since the latest arrivals Simeone seems to prefer a double DM duo in the middle and banish Koke and Saul to either flanks, even playing Saul at left back.
