McEnaney sees positives in defeat

Changed times in Meath.

This time last year, Seamus McEnaney was staring down the barrel after two defeats and a solitary win, his brief tenure as the county’s first ‘outside’ manager already under strain in the face of performances that were as disappointing as the results.

It would get worse by the end of a league campaign that saw them avoid relegation by a whisker but ‘Banty’ always stood firm in his belief that he was there for the long haul — and he may yet be right.