Player power didn’t KO Andrews, insists O’Reilly

Cavan captain Padraic O’Reilly insists the players never voted to get rid of Val Andrews.

Andrews quit as manager following a meeting with his squad to discuss an unimpressive league campaign.

But the Breffni skipper said the players didn’t force Andrews out. He said: “It wasn’t the players’ decision to get rid of Val. We weren’t happy with our performances in the league and the purpose of the meeting was to address that. The fallout to the meeting took its own course but I’ve spoken to Val since and we’re on very good terms. He’s wished us the best against Donegal and the rest of the year.”