Honestly i still give Juventus a negative outlook, the reason is the lack of serious investments, the team is a half-assembled thing that i don't see working. In my opinion the lack of imaginative players, like Federico Chiesa, still weighs heavily, it was a mistake to have given him away.
What you said about Juventus was true, it was seen last season so that Juventus' performance was very inconsistent from the beginning to the end of last season. But for next season I think there will be a little difference in their performance and if it still looks the same then Juventus management really doesn't care about the development of the team. In fact, a team like Juventus should be able to compete at the top of the standings because their target is not only to qualify for the UCL, but it can be more than that if they really want to have a different team development in each season.