I dont think our defence would look half as bad if SA stuck with a balanced back 4 with Beye and Enrique playing RB & LB, thus releasing N'Zogbia to play LM/LW. That in turn allowing Milner to play RM/RW.
And SA didn't give the players instructions to try and contain the opposition, which invites teams on us.
We simply dont have the personel to play a containing game, its putting massive pressure on the defenders, some of them are new to the prem. Making the defence look worse than it actually is.