But it's kind of weird that this is the second season in a row that the team has performed poorly. It's not a bad performance though, more like an unlike Chelsea. And now, when it is repeated for the second season in a row - it is obvious that people will compare Chelsea not with the top teams, but with the average ones, among which they are in the table
How can a team has the same number of win and loss and we expect them to bouce back, how? Not like there is changed or new player that has come into effect. I remember the last time when Lampard was facing the same challenges, Kante came and everyone was thinking yes, he will improve the quality of their performance but it seems the opposite was what happen. To effect a major change in the team, the coach must go and that is Pochettino and his crew including the assistant.
You got to be kidding me if you were expecting him to be good. He was on Tottenham for 5-6 years iirc but nothing really impressive there and yeah Tottenham is not really a team that are expected to win the league but they were not really a threat either way. He somehow got a job on PSG and obviously he won the league which is expected but he didnt win the UCL even with an impressive squad like PSG so actually its just kinda miracle that he landed another job on EPL especially Chelsea
Some of the great men you see today with high score in trophies didn't bring their trophies from elsewhere, they started it from somewhere and with consistency, they deliver. So I don't think Chelsea did anything bad in recruiting Pochettino. He said he was upto the task and a deal was done I believe and for them to agreed on that, the board of director definitely knows his position and resume than anyone outside the Chelsea but I just think he had been a failure.
The same also happen to other clubs, it's just that Chelsea is a big club and it's been a long time since they had this underperformance and are now the subjects of discussion else I think we have other teams in the league that are way worse than Chelsea. Even Manchester United is suffering from the same faith of underperforming team just that they have been moving and making efforts to the top of the table unlike Chelsea that has remained permanent.