Any WRE Turnaround Specialists Out There?

[Patricius]

I disbanded every single cavalry unit, created or demolished temples and churches as per province religion at the start. A lot of provinces have very low level or no markets and ports so selling military structures in rear areas and using the money for markets and ports. I also attacked the Alamanni and massacred their population for those precious market building denarii denarii. I have found the Eastern Romans have a habit of attacking Salona, which is one of my richest WRE settlements. I was helped in my most recent game as the hordes either attacked other Germans and the ERE. The Goths sacked sacked every single European city of the Eastern empire. Oddly they did not settle and lost out against forces concentrated in Salona, reinforced from Italy, after they took the city and lost it to a loyalist revolt. The only reason for my holding Salona was a lucky torching of the seige tower attacking the city (incinerating towers seems random - battering it with fire arrows from archers seems usually to have no effect). My level was m/m but others have said the indicated a similar strategy. Disbanding military units, selling unnecessary structure and building markets and ports seems to be the way.