McEnaney set to stay on as Monaghan manager

SEAMUS McENANEY is set to remain in charge of the Monaghan senior footballers with a new three-year term for the Clonduff man likely to be rubberstamped next Monday night.

McEnaney met with the Monaghan county board management committee in Truagh on Tuesday night and they reacted favourably to his request for a three-year term. McEnaney had been approached by representatives from the county board executive and the senior squad to keep his post and his appointment should now be ratified at a full meeting of the Monaghan county board next Monday night.

It is expected that there will be no changes to Banty’s backroom team which is seen as a crucial development. McEnaney landed a major coup last winter by securing the services of Paul Grimley as coach after his potential appointment as Armagh senior football boss fell through. Grimley, trainer Martin McElkennon and selector Adrian Trappe are all expected to link up again for the 2011 campaign as Monaghan chase the Ulster crown that has eluded them since 1988.

Captain Vinny Corey insists that McEnaney is the best man to lead the county side. “The set-up there is as good as could be. He’s still the best manager in the county to take us forward. It shouldn’t even be an issue if Seamus decides to stay. If he decides to go, he decides to go. I was playing for Monaghan six years ago and you were finding it tight to beat the London’s and Leitrim’s. It tells a lot that we are really disappointed at not winning the Ulster title. Five or six years ago, it wasn’t even on the radar.”