I was dumbfounded. Take off an attacker who's playing well for a defender and completely invite the pressure.
We've seen it so often in the last couple of years, desperately hanging on at the end of games that have been comfortable. It's cowardly, it's passive and it never, ever goes well.
And seriously wtf does Aluko have to do? Both of our fullbacks are terrible, he's been really impressive and he has to sit on the bench and watch that.
The ingredients for survival are there, but there's a brain disease occupying the club that keeps playing clapped-out old men and weak-minded fannies week in week out.