Yeah on this one I agree, De Rossi made a slight improvement being the main coach but he couldn't do more because he couldn't freely bring in players due to financial constraints, if AS Roma can prepare a budget, maybe they can compete in the standings next season. So far AS Roma has only brought in one player from Leipzig with a transfer fee 5 million while 5 other players arrived after the loan period ended. Lukaku has also returned to Chelsea, meaning they need another player to replace Lukaku but so far we have not heard any news about AS Roma plans to bring in new players, maybe Roma just relies on existing players? because they still have 3 players in the attack line.
I agree that De Rossi could not improve AS Roma much because he did not have enough money. He made little progress but it is worrying that they have not signed many new players. Team might not be good enough to compete with best teams just with their current players. AS Roma needs to buy new players to do well in next season. Now that Lukaku has gone back to Chelsea they really need to sign someone new. Let's hope they announce some new signings soon to make their team stronger and compete better. Until then it is hard to see them doing very well.