Alan McDonald shows his disappointment during the heavy defeat by Coleraine earlier this season

Alan McDonald has laid the blame squarely on the shoulders of the Glentoran players for his decision to quit the Oval club.

McDonald quit the club on Sunday night after a series of poor results and he produced a damning indictment of the Glens players on Monday.

"I took the job because of the players and I've left the job because of the players," said McDonald.

"My view is that the players have underperformed this season."

Speaking in an interview with UTV, McDonald agreed that Saturday's 2-0 Premiership defeat by Dungannon Swifts had been the last straw.

"I just think that Saturday, with the way things went, that was enough.

"I tried everything. I've tried a change of personnel. I've tried a change of formation.

"Tried to change it in training. Make it harder in training and make it easier.

"I just felt I'd gone as far as I could with the players."

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McDonald considered resigning after their humiliating 6-0 home defeat by Coleraine in early November.

"But I carried on in the job after having a good heart-to-heart with the players. They assured me that they would knuckle down and give it 100 per cent.

"In hindsight, that hasn't happened as you look at some of the results and some of the performances.

"I'm a very passionate and honest person. I look at myself and certainly there was nothing more I could have done."

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