That's how I see it, yes. They are falling behind like they haven't been falling behind in a long time. However, I think it also has to do with the flawless season that Leverkusen is playing. If you have one club playing the perfect season, everyone else is looking worse for obvious reasons. But still this isn't just looking bad for Dortmund because Leverkusen is playing well. It is looking bad for Dortmund because they are playing crap. It is just bad. It is weak and they should have lost more games than they actually did because they sometimes got lucky, which makes it even worse given where they are at in the table. The weirdest thing is that they qualified for the round of 16 in the Champions League. I guess that is what saved Terzic the job until now.
@shogun47 I believe that they’ll need to dip in the January transfer window asap to save their season and the most logical buy would be is Sancho because they’re tailored for each other. Furthermore if they decide against buying or loaning player’s then their season will only get worse hence I hope that they can loosen their purse strings and immediately make some quick deals.
But I think history is helpful to look at here as it tells me that winter transfers don't work out that well very often. Clubs can get lucky of course and maybe a player like Sancho is a good idea as you suggested. Both know each other and I don't know what Manchester United's position is because of Sancho and whether they would loan him out. But the situation for Sancho is bad, Manchester United doesn't give him play time when ten Hag is the coach and Borussia Dortmund needs to solve a few problems rather sooner than later. Maybe this is one of those transfers in winter where I would say that this could play out well for all parties involved. But usually I am not a big fan of winter transfers other than filling some gaps.