Yeah that's how I see it. People can think he's completely wrong, criticise his view etc, but he's not someone who'll call for a manager to be sacked rightly or wrongly.He's not just sticking by his mate.
He has a line in the sand that he won't cross. It's the same line he had with Jose, LvG, Moyes, Nuno, Wenger, Arteta, etc.
Unless they're all his mates, he's being perfectly consistent and objective.