Eerie i ( we ) understand what you are saying, and its opinions, and yes Potter could take more risks to play a more attack minded set up, formation and players but I’m not sure I’d agree with the statement “we have enough talent” to be able to play on the proverbial “front foot”? Yes we could push further forward and commit more forward but the risk is that with our centre mid options, we get cut thru again on the counter like we did with Moyes and Lopetegui and start conceding 3,4 or even more against the better teams in the division at home. And its really in truth the home form that has not improved. Like I say, we could take risks like Lopetegui did and tbh we were fortunate in at least 3 of our home games under him to take any points ( Mancs and Fulham come to mind).
We have talent but its not a balanced set across the squad. The lack of “legs” cannot be underestimated in that it restricts how we can play effectively at home. Or put another way,, we will struggle to play a possession based game. Its the middle third of the pitch, linking defence to attack where it largely falls apart although our goalkeeper is adding to the problem as he cannot use his feet to play anything accurately with long punts upfield or out of play.
We cannot play thru teams that press or put plenty of bodies behind the ball and that is usually the case when we are the home team. Palace and Brentford esp. ( recent exmples under Potter ) picked us off by easily passing thru and around us as we tried to press higher. We tried to push more players forward and attack and many goals came from turnovers in and around the opposition penalty box or even from corners.
The opposition midfield then just walzed thru at speed unchallenged while our collectively slow midfielders chased like they were running in quicksand. We found we were outnumbered
Potter can try to have us play an extra attack minded player but it will weaken that middle third which already struggles against any team with “legs” and speed. We would create more probably but would need to be more clinical as our goals conceded would imo almost certainly creep back up.
This season is going to continue to be frustrating, boring, tough to watch esp. in home games as we have really regressed tactics back to how Moyes used to have us play albeit we do now try to pass the ball out from the back to the midfield and do not have as many sat deep. But like I say, it breaks down after we try to play thru that middle third as teams have athletes that are quicker than us and press effectively or dispossess us etc.
If Potter oversees us conceding 2,3,4 every game at home again fans will say “we are no different defensively to when Moyes and Lop were in charge”? As others mention, conceding less “is the lesser of 2 evils” .
For me, its just about ok so long as he knows that he needs to rebuild the central mudfield and get not 1 but 2 players with speed athleticism in centre mud and get a new no 1 keeper. In an udeal world, we get a player like Baleba ( more defensive ) at Brighton AND one like Gibbs White ) more attack minded ). Would improve a lot of teams but absolutely transform us. Imho of course
) but conversely try to look for a rationale, nuance or context to opinions. Just different to others who see it as simple. It might be but not imho. Actually, I think they provide data analysis to the club or certainly did and they attend Potter’s pre and post match interviews etc? Not certain but I think I read that was case. 
