coach pochettino is experienced in English premier league, he's taking over a youth team. With his experience he will transform this team to a competitive one. It will take time and patient to develop this team. Some players has to be sold out, qualifying to champions league should be their target next season
Yeah, they finished in 12th position, thus qualifying for the CL next season should be considered as progress. Chelsea have invested quite a lot of money on players, and i know that some people expect them to compete for the EPL title next season, but it isn't going to happen. Chelsea have players that are individually talented, but they need a coach that can get the best out of them as a team; Pochettino is a good coach, but he has to lower his expectations with the team for now, getting themselves back into the CL should be their priority.
Pochettino main task next season with Chelsea I think will be quite tough for him because the main target is to bring Chelsea to finish in the top 4 and qualify for the Champions League. In terms of team strength, of course Chelsea have players who are individually talented and even their quality will be very good if Pochettino is able to implement more efficient tactics next season. I think Chelsea just need to improve up front because they need a sticker figure who is more aggressive in scoring goals which this season their big weakness is not having a sticker who is really able to complete the task perfectly on the front lines.
Apart from that, next season, Chelsea will definitely get stronger competition from other teams because Liverpool and Manchester United will put a lot of pressure on the top of the standings.