‘Banty’ back to business after goalkeeper fiasco

IT WAS a decision that could well have brought the curtain down on his six-year tenure as Monaghan manager so it is hardly surprising Seamus McEnaney still won’t be drawn on it.

Three weeks have passed since word of his sensational decision to play full-back Darren Hughes in goals shot through Casement Park like wildfire in the minutes leading up to the Ulster quarter-final against Armagh.

The results were disastrous early on. Steven McDonnell caused untold damage in Hughes’ absence in the opening quarter before McEnaney rejigged his defence and stemmed the bloodletting.