I can't help but think what Brendan most have thought after the Stoke match and the players that played that day.
Did he believe that Sakho and Lucas gave up in that game and tried to get him the sack?
I wonder if he felt betrayed by some of the players not started this season?
Even if he had the ability to pull the performances back from the crapper, he was a dead man walking after the Stoke match, not just to the fans but to the players also. The club needed to purge even if it was unfair not to give him a chance, because the situation seems to have been toxic, something either proven or increased with the sacking of his coaches.
Untenable is the right word here.