Regarding captain’s behaviour:
1)He requested heading 212 because this was the easiest mode of approach for him and he felt unconfident about other headings.
2)He botched up reporting his position to the ATC controller at some point during the approach and did not want to admit to the controller that he lost his orientation.
3)Because of loss of situational awareness he misinterpreted instructions of the controller as he could no longer figure out where was right and left.
4)His control inputs (nose up instead of nose down) is indication of his struggle with the loss of speed and look more like hectic actions then indented maneuver.
5)Captain’s actions are indicative of his desire to conceal the mistakes characteristic for a trainee.
6) Captain was in the home-itus state, which urged him to get on the ground as soon as possible instead of making a standard GA, which he was afraid of doing (because of night, rain, dark, no lights on the ground, loss of SA)
XOLODENKO, me thinks you are bit fast here. Give the man a fair trial I´d say. Maybe he was intoxicated by fumes or the like? Lets wait for a proper investigation to be carried out.