Stendel Signs - TH had nothing to do with it :shitwine:

[Roger H. Sterling]

Was thinking the same

If there's one thing I find totally believable, it's that an SPL dressing room would be capable of taking the piss out of a manager's poor English. That atmosphere is just conducive to acting like children - it's why mad authoritarians normally make such good managers and are so respected by the players. We've all watched those Si Ferry interviews ffs - this is  a culture in which running around naked apropos of nothing is considered great banter.

Edit: as far as Stendel goes, I think he's probably been undermined from day one in a number of ways (at least by Levein/Budge, if not also some players). He came into a very difficult job. If we go down, he'll have failed to do that job and will still deserve to be held accountable. I think there are legitimate question marks over him now. I actually get the feeling most peopleon here aren't that far from agreeing with each other, but we're doing that internet thing where everyone ends up in caricatured versions of their own position.

Agree with this. I'd imagine most people are in the boat of:

Want Stendel to do well
Disappointed with 1 win in 11
Worried we're going down

Really the arguments are about how disappointed we are and how worried we are.