I think the three players taken off at half time won't be feeling aggrieved as they'll know in themselves that they weren't having good games, but for reasons mentioned above far better to do it at half time. Will Stewart start on Saturday; it does seem that his minutes are being very closely managed, but he does add so much.
It wasn't just down to those three though as in the first half the defence as a whole was dodgy and too passive.
I messaged my friend at full time that I was going to pour myself a stiff whisky*. She had turned the radio off at 2-0 it sounded so bad and thought we'd been tonked! It's great to be the bearer of good news.. * Had a beer instead..