Jesus Christ.
Yeah his half time team talk went like this "Eden, go out there and be ****! misplace all your passes, and look lethargic.....Costa, I want you to sulk and whine, and then stamp on an opposition player, Cesc, go missing completely and be a non entity, Nemanja, I want you to score and own goal and then get sent off. Gary.....just play as normal"
The players made us **** that season, not the ****ing manager. They downed tools after the Eva embargo, and Jose was pulling his bloody hair out trying to get them to do something.
I think Stan is just being willfully stupid in not wanting to blame our players, many of whom are still at the club....much easier to blame a manager who is now managing one of our rivals.
But its total bullshit.