If you think that the manager is not responsible for the bad defending of the players that he selected in the starting XI you have a poor opinion of the coach's role....
Huh!
Players being humans, you know, like humans make mistakes, you pass the buck and blame someone else for an individual mistakes!?
Yes he's picked the back four, I think 99% of us would of picked the same....are we at fault for a misplaced pass and player turning Clark inside out? No...we're not.