Ben Kensell will be judged on Hibs performances on the park and they've been a disaster – Tam McManus

Ben Kensell liked to mingle with the Hibs fans on Euro trips last season but I don’t think you’ll find many too disappointed he’s now jetted out of Edinburgh for good.

The news the chief executive had left the club last week hasn’t really split opinion with the punters - and that says it all. His record off the park during his three-and-a-half years may have been decent. But on it? It’s been a disaster.

Listen, Kensell is right to point to the successes. The hospitality suites at Easter Road are now the best in Scotland, the training ground is fantastic, turnover has grown and there’s been commercial success. He is also credited in getting the link-up with the Black Knights group over the line which has been a massive boost. But supporters will always judge chief executives on success on the park. And it’s been nowhere close to good enough.

The last two or three seasons have been dreadful. Jack Ross, Shaun Maloney, Lee Johnson, Nick Montgomery all fired on his watch and probably the money that they've brought in commercially has just gone back out to pay managers off.

I know Kensell wasn't happy when I said his head was on the block earlier this season if he sacked another manager with David Gray under pressure. He basically said it wasn't him that was picking the managers. But at the end of the day, as chief executive, he's got to have some say on who's coming in and who's going out.

The fans made their feelings clear with the level of vitriol spilling round Easter Road during the defeat to St Mirren back in November. They wanted him out the door. Ironically the next home game after that saw high-flying Aberdeen visit and Rocky Bushiri’s last gasp equaliser completely turned both teams’ fortunes in the most remarkable