Carlo Ancelotti's first season in charge at Napoli could be deemed encouraging in some quarters and disappointing in others.
Ancelotti sympathisers would point to the fact that Maurizio Sarri had a very similar debut campaign in Naples - in fact the numbers are almost identical - but detractors will counter that Ancelotti arrived with a much bigger reputation and inherited a better squad.
Ancelotti's rotation policy with his squad also drew mixed reviews and results. One of the criticisms of Sarri was that he used the same players too often and ran his starting eleven into the ground last season. Ancelotti addressed this by rarely picking an unchanged side which kept players fresh but perhaps also frustrated them as they could never get a consistent run in the team.
Kalidou Koulibaly was one constant and he remained a colossus at the back. Lorenzo Insigne, Dries Mertens and Arkadiusz Milik all provided respectable goal tallies up-front. Allan continued to thrive in the engine room and, after the departure of club legend Marek Hamsik whilst youngsters like Fabian Ruiz, Amin Younes and Adam Ounas gave reason for optimism.
Ultimately though, Napoli need more investment in the transfer market if they want to get close to challenging Juventus again - they were never really in any kind of title race this season.
Another disappointment was Europe. It started promisingly in the Champions League with a home victory over eventual finalists Liverpool but Napoli were demoted to the Europa League in the end - where they capitulated against Arsenal over two legs.
Ancelotti has been successful virtually everywhere he's gone but it will be make or break for him next season in Naples.
