Roma are the same team as the one in the previous season. Mourinho's arrival still hasn't changed too much in the Serie A especially. They were really successful in the Conference League but they just can't make a big improvement in the Serie A. They actually had a good start but they started a bad form not much time later.
At least in the past season, late of it, we saw Roma improved their ability to fight with big clubs. At the end, they won against Leicester City in Semi final and Feyenoord in final matches. If they did not improve, they would have lost very easily like how they lost in early of past season.
In Serie A with a league format, they must play very stably to achieve good position. It is not what Roma in the past season and even in this season can have. Especially in this season, their attacking really has problems with a terrible form from Tammy Abraham.
Roma should play more ambitiously especially in big games. They haven't been much successful in such games so far. For example they were really weak against Napoli despite playing a home game. Mourinho made the team play too cautiously and this brought their end. I hope we can see some changes when the league games are back.
They should win more big matches but let me remind you that Napoli won against many big clubs, not only Roma.
Since being coached by Mourinho, AS Roma has become one of the challengers in the Scudetto competition, although they have not yet won it. This season, The Special One is back to add a number of new ammunition like Dybala to achieve targets and compete at the top of the standings. But in reality they must be willing to get out of the top four positions.
One of the obstacles to the pace of Rome is because of its frequent ups and downs. For now consistently appearing is the main task for Mourinho, he must find a new formula that suits the typical Roma player and get rid of the arrogant attitude that might affect the team.
I don't actually consider Roma as a competitor for Scudetto. They are too far from it as we see they are struggling to maintain a position in top four. To reduce difference with Napoli, they must win a lot, has almost perfect results in many matches and Napoli must lose their steady form too. Furthermore, they should hope that other clubs from 2nd to 6th positions should not have too good form in future.
Most important, Mourinho and Roma must improve their attacking and with a return of Dybala, it is a big plus point for their squad.