JACKIE McNAMARA’S performance during a cataclysmic 11 months must have tested the incredible patience of his employers, and his recent public pronouncements blaming everyone but himself have been laughable.

In his latest remarkable post-match interview, he appears to be criticising media coverage of his conviction over an unpaid train fare.

Yet as Dave Flett outlined, The Press gave him the right to reply after the case.

For McNamara to bring this up again as an excuse after yet another appalling defeat is insulting.

The club has a history of employing decent managers, and decent men too.

John Ward, Billy McEwan and Gary Mills were successful, whereas Chris Brass, Colin Walker and Russ Wilcox were less so, but all conducted themselves with dignity throughout what must, at times, be a tough job with limited resources available.

Steve Castle, Redbarn Drive, Osbaldwick, York