Maybe mate it probably is that but at the same time if your a top defender surely you would do what you know is best out of instinct.
What is the right thing to do?
You have 2 players on your wing, your alone, your faux winger, lets call him Arouna, is standing on the halfway line dreaming of camels, do you jockey and hope help comes? Do you close down the player with the ball whilst the free man dances down the touchline? Do you wait whilst Gareth Barry comes across to help leaving a massive hole in the middle? Or do you just think "My God, the manager is a complete moron".