If Atalanta can always maintain their consistency throughout the season then there is no doubt that Atalanta will be able to compete for the title in Serie A every season. The problem is that Atalanta cannot always play well. They sometimes even experience a decline when the season is in the middle and nearing the end.
And in the coming season I feel Atalanta will have quite a hard time competing at the top. Because they will adapt again to their new coach, Ivan Juric, after they lost their old coach who has now moved to AS Roma.
Who knows maybe that will be an easy way for them because it doesn't always work out as you think, sometimes it work opposite because take a look at Leverkusen their first season with Xavi Alonso again Liverpool and also Barcelona, take a look at the achievement of their coaches in their first season it was actually amazing because they are also awarded best coach of the league and that was their first season. So the same thing can also happen to Atalanta.
When you talk of Atalanta finishing the season with their best performance, it's actually very real for a small team to start well and end without any issues, all this happens due injuries, suspension and other things. It takes great teams that are financially buoyant to purchase players because not all the teams can do so due to financial problems.