They would've been the Roma of this season.Playing catch up for the most part.
What a terrible first two months ffs.Those draws to Chievo and Frosinone

sergio
And losing to Udinese at home in the first match of the season FFS
Seriously, our first 3 home matches of the season were a loss and 2 draws to 12th place Chievo, 14th place Udinese, and 19th place Frosinone. Those should be automatic wins. Sleepwalk wins, even with a half-dozen injuries and new players.
Our terrible start, and the seeming impossibility of catching Napoli for the first few months really took the pressure off them and gave them a great opportunity to gain a lot of confidence, that they wouldn't have had if they were playing catch up this entire time.
Now we have the worry that if we do somehow progress against Bayern, and Sarri rotates heavily and goes out of the EL to Villarreal which is a distinct possibility, that we'll be facing the burden of 3 competitions while Napoli only have Serie A left. Unfortunately, unless we get very lucky injury-wise, I don't see us keeping up in that scenario. Crossing my fingers that we beat Bayern of course, but also that they beat Villarreal.