As it stands, Mauricio Pochettino will prove he's worthy to remain coach at Stamford Bridge if he's able to succeed in their next 8 games ( Brighton, Fulham, Burnley, Arsenal, Brentford, Tottenham Hotspur, Man City and Newcastle). And with their performance of late, it's safe to conclude that it will be more bleak days ahead for him.
Aston villa really showed class and precision against them during the weekend games and with 15 total goal attempts, 7 were on goal, while Chelsea had 10, only one was on goal which meant the remaining nine were wasted shots. If you saw the game, you'd be convinced that Chelsea needs help and if cares not taken, the season they might well go on to relegation.
Sitting at 14th place, they've only won a game out of six matches played and this is not a record Todd Boehly will be impressed with but then again, fingers are pointing in his direction as somehow, their lack of incompetence has a way to circle back to him. I mean, how will an owner be the only one calling the shots? He's just a businessman and no football expert so in a way Chelsea's problem was caused by their owner.
If you look at all of Chelsea's matches, it is clear that they have problems in terms of finishing so it is difficult to score goals and in fact this has been a problem since last season, and apparently Pochettino has not been able to overcome it, apart from because many players are injured and also because he is not very good at strategy having no other plans when something unexpected happens.
However, I don't think that Chelsea will be a team that is fighting in the relegation zone because it turns out there are still teams that are much worse than them, it's just because Chelsea has spent fantastic amounts of money since last season and now so their performance has been really highlighted.
Of the next 8 matches that Chelsea have to play, I think against Fulham and Burnley will be their biggest chance to win, while for the others, if they get a draw, that would be extraordinary.