Conte is still the best of several coaches in Serie A, but it seems that here he made a mistake by accepting Napoli's offer which did not fulfill his desire to make this club glorious again, Conte had asked for Lukaku a few months ago until now there has been no official contract to bring Lukaku, this is a difficult thing for him in Napoli, but I will not doubt if Napoli fulfills what he wants, it feels like they can still reach the top four, Conte is a typical coach who is hungry for trophies and he certainly wants to help Napoli but I don't think Napoli wants to help Conte.
Thus there is no other way but to play the existing players and the embarrassing defeat in the first half I think Napoli management is sensitive to losing three early points, because the lack of integrity in the front line makes them unable to do anything and they lose early points, now they must immediately end Lukaku to join in order to sharpen their attack line in scoring goals but if not this is difficult for Conte with Napoli.
Although Conte is a great coach, it does not mean that he will easily lift the performance of the Napoli team which has slumped, this is a difficult job for Conte and he certainly needs time and strong support from Napoli management so I think there is no need to expect high for Conte to be able to make Napoli stronger this season.
The embarrassing defeat in their first match made Napoli even more difficult and Conte must also be able to move quickly to restore this situation, regarding Lukaku who has not come as Conte requested I think it will not be easy so I think it would be better for Napoli management to clarify Osimhen's status and use Osimhen again to help Napoli this season compared to bringing in Lukaku.