Not that Napoli isn't a good club, they are and that's why they showed that sign of improvement last season that almost got them into the semi finals of the Champions League, I believe that's the best they have gone in a long while. This season hasn't been too great for them, and is like a cures to every team that won the league title will don't perform well the next season.
Napoli is facing a tough season this season, their performance continues to decline, meaning that their position in fourth place is taken over by Roma and they have to drop to fifth place. The improvement in performance experienced by Roma is very significant, after only being able to achieve 1 win in the first six weeks of this season, Jose Mourinho troops have now succeeded in being in the top four.
Now Roma performance is very different compared to the first six weeks of Serie A, their goal productivity has also increased. Roma increasing performance could be a threat to Napoli, if their performance continues to decline, Napoli will be in danger of failing to finish in the top four.
I agree with you on Napoli being poor this season and I believe they won't go far in the champions league and talking about Roma, I'm quite impressed with the way they climbed up the that very position they are now. Was expecting them to be struggling with form and all of a sudden they got that consistency back.
At this point I can't even see Napoli beating any team without struggling, they must concede a goal and winning against Roma is not going to happen as it is.
The former champions, talking about Napoli won't make it to the champions league next season if they don't do anything about their form and I wish V. Osimhen would take the chance of leaving the club if a better team comes calling.