Monaghan board ponders Banty’s demands

THE Monaghan county board management committee met last night in Truagh to consider demands made by Seamus McEnaney which will play a crucial role in determining whether he will remain in charge of the county’s senior footballers for a seventh year.

It had been widely expected that McEnaney would step down in the wake of last month’s All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Kildare, which arrived just six days after their hugely disappointing Ulster final defeat to Tyrone.

But it is understood that prominent county board officials and leading players from the Monaghan squad have approached McEnaney and implored him to stay on. McEnaney responded by issuing a series of demands that he requested to be met before committing to the county for the 2011 campaign.