Most casual observers are stunned at how bad our results and performances (both individual and collective) are. They really haven't been paying attention. We have been appalling since preseason, and the takeover, behind the scenes chaos and unbelievable mismanagement by the new owners have left us with a squad of demoralised, bewildered and demotivated players whose form has been in decline for an entire year. A nightmarish injury record (for the second year in a row) has exacerbated things, with vital players either out or just unfit for large parts of the season, but if the squad had real spirit and the will to win of previous Chelsea teams we could have overcome these absences.
We're sh*t and we know we are. Lampard knows it, the players know it, the supporters know it. We've had sh*t recruitment, sh*t conditioning, sh*t coaching, sh*t team selection and sh*t substitutions. It's been sh*t watching us for a long time, so this is not the sudden, baffling decline many outsiders seem to think it is.
Hopefully Pochettino also knows it and isn't deluded enough to think a few quick fixes and a few new signings will put everything right very quickly.