Lake boss Flanagan taking it one game at a time

PAT FLANAGAN may only be Westmeath manager on a caretaker basis, but he does not view the championship as an audition for the job for a prolonged period, refusing to look beyond Sunday’s clash with Wicklow.

The circumstances of his appointment were far from ideal, with Brendan Hackett resigning after the players turned on him.

But far from looking at it as an opportunity to finally become an inter-county manager, Flanagan is taking things one step at the time.