JACKIE McNamara admitted he is considering his position as York City manager following a 2-0 defeat at Barrow.

The former Dundee United chief admitted he felt “let down” by his team and accused certain players of not caring as much about the club as himself and chairman Jason McGill.

McNamara was left “frustrated and disappointed” particularly by one unnamed player's failure to track Danny Livesey’s run for the opening goal from a Jordan Williams corner.

Defender Matt Fry went on to score an own goal, meaning McNamara is still to win an away game during his ten-month tenure at Bootham Crescent.

Contemplating his future with the Minstermen, McNamara said: “I’ve told the players that I am very, very frustrated. It’s all about the importance of performances and victories for myself, the chairman and the club, where we are just now, but I feel let down because, if it matters to you, you don’t lose your man at a corner, let him get across you and put a header in.

“You don’t do that if you feel the same way as the chairman and I do about the club and that’s something I need to look at in terms of my position, because I’m really disappointed. You’re trying to get through to them, but some of what we’re saying seems to go over the top of people’s heads.

“I believe we are capable of beating Barrow and winning every game in this division, but it’s getting that across to the players so they understand the importance of things because, if they don’t, I won’t be here.” McNamara felt the game was an even encounter, but hinged on the defensive failing for the first goal and an injury to Shaun Rooney that led to his replacement Josh Robinson making a mistake for the second.

“It was a very scrappy game and all about long throws, corners and second balls,” McNamara added. “In the first half, we defended that well enough, but they scored the first goal when we didn’t pick up their man from a corner.

“There was nothing really in the match and it wasn’t a football match. It was kick-and-rush, percentage football and it’s a tough place to go.

“It’s not pretty by any means, but we’ve only got ourselves to blame for not marking at a corner after we had stressed the importance of players doing their jobs and concentrating. With Shaun Rooney also coming off after a disappointing challenge on him that left him with a damaged shoulder, we lost our shape a bit, but there were also things that weren’t good enough.

“For the second goal, maybe Matty Fry thought it was going in, but the lad putting the ball in shouldn’t have been in that position anyway. Right back is not Josh’s natural position, but he’s still got to do better as a defender.”

At the other end of the pitch, City also racked up a fourth straight match without a win and, summing up his side’s attacking deficiencies, McNamara reasoned: “Shaun Rooney was unlucky not to score with the shot that was cleared off the line and he had a header saved in the second half, but that’s not enough and you can’t be relying on your full back to take a chance.

“There were other occasions when we could have hurt them that we didn’t make the most of and we were disappointing in the final third, where we were too static.

“The lack of goals is a concern and we were waiting for Aidan Connolly to unlock the door. Richard Brodie is also struggling a bit.

“In certain games, he hasn’t had many chances, but we need more creativity and movement.”

Brodie made way for new signing Fraser Murdoch, who was given his professional debut midway through the second half.

On the former Crewe reserve’s display, McNamara said: “He put himself about a bit and he’s got attributes if we can get him fit. He’s a big lad who knows how to play and, hopefully, he can grasp this opportunity.

“We’ve been too reliant on Richard Brodie and look a bit predictable. We’re not getting in behind teams as much as I would like.”