If I were to hazard a guess at what is going on, I'd say it's a combination of a few variables that's leading to this catastrophe, then being...
1. Potter has taken over a squad who has been overachieving in recent years and you could even say reach their actual potential by losing soo many finals.
2. Potter is trying to stick with the fundamentals Tuchel implemented whilst introducing a more free attacking approach which is leading to a cluster fuck on the pitch.
3. Potter may be waiting to bring his own players in as promised by Todd, which could ultimately be a result of seeing soo many square pegs in round holes... it's a matter of fact that this squad is soo CM heavy and all of who are bang average when compared to the elites.
4. This is the culmination of years in waiting.... bad transfer window after bad transfer window is finally proving our downfall. This a direct result of not having the correct footballing brains in a structured heirechy, instead we had a Russian women more busy with boosting her own reputation over the teams on the pitch.
5. G.Potter is not ready for thsi job right now. Considering the contract he has been given, we may just have to pit up with it and watch him go through the rough until he hits the smooth..... ala Arteta.