It's funny when someone thinks and hopes that Napoli is always able to compete for the title in every season because basically Napoli is not always consistent in being in the title race every season. In this way, Napoli performance and results this season for me are still a normal result for Napoli because afterall, Napoli is not a team like Juventus and Inter which have many titles in Serie A. So, if you expect Napoli to always be in in the fight for the title, then I think it's an empty hope because after all, Napoli doesn't have the ability to always be at the top of the Serie A standings.
Because after all, for teams like Juventus, Inter and Milan, when they previously managed to get the Scudetto, but In the following season, the three teams also experienced a decline in performance and got bad results. So yes, the case experienced by Napoli this season is not something strange at all and is also not a result that makes we sad. LOL
I don't know whether I'm right or not when I say that they were just lucky last season, it's not without reason that I say this, but if you look at their performance every season, they actually don't show that they can win the Scudetto title. And last season they managed to become champions even though I myself didn't think they would put their name on the list of clubs that would become champions. But apart from that, their performance last season was truly extraordinary.
I agree with you that Napoli is not a club that can be consistent every season, they may be able to compete but their competition is only limited to the European League zone or the Champions League, but to compete for the championship they are still below other clubs in my opinion. And this season they even really struggled to compete even though it was only fighting for one position to go to the Europa League next season.
At the same time, clubs that are usually in the top flight are now starting to show that, which they could not show in the previous few seasons. With facts like that, it will make it even more difficult for Napoli to repeat their success last season.