Páidi’s last stand

KERRY GAA chiefs face a battle to replace Páidí Ó Sé as the county’s football manager after a three minute phone conversation on Thursday night that went disastrously awry.

The embattled coach went on the offensive last night in a bid to remain in charge for another season, claiming that county board chairman Sean Walsh had issued a “resign or be fired” ultimatum to him on Thursday. Mr Walsh strongly denies any such suggestion.

The chairman stated last night that he had too much respect for Ó Sé to issue any such threat, but confirmed that he did inform the manager of the executive’s plan to appoint a completely new Kerry management team next season.