Pochettino must organise the chaos if Europe is a realistic target for Blues

Wherever Chelsea go, chaos follows. Stamford Bridge has turned into a playground, one rife with incident, drama and delirium. Mauricio Pochettino appears forlorn. Sections of fans have begun to turn too.

And yet this enigma of a team, which changes its idiosyncrasies from game to game, can still finish among the European spots this season. Where is the sense in that?

An increasingly frustrated Pochettino has made no attempt to suggest Chelsea, in his guise, are particularly far along in their evolution. In fact, he has begun ditching the original 'trust the process' rhetoric in favour of a more realistic assessment, hinting that too many players are happy to cruise in the "comfort zone".

The Argentine, nine months into the job, wears the look of a man worn down by the strains of such a burdensome project - the next step of which sees Chelsea take on Everton on Monday Night Football, live on Sky Sports.

"Maybe this group is not mature enough to compete in games every three days," he said after dropping points to bottom club Sheffield United, a week after also losing points to 19th-placed Burnley. Results that have contrived to undermine small tokens of recent progress.

What could have been a three-point gap to sixth-placed Manchester United with a game in hand remains five. More opportunity missed by a team whose own worst enemy is increasingly themselves.

Take Benoit Badiashile's ability to switch off, within 60 seconds of coming on, and lose Oli McBurnie for Sheffield United's 93rd-minute equaliser last weekend as a case in point.

Chelsea have spent more than £1bn in four transfer windows since being taken over by Clearlake Capital. The majority of that spend has been targeted on players under 25 - the idea being they will