McGeeney keen to stay on

Kieran McGeeney is keen on staying on as Kildare manager for a seventh season next year.

It’s likely the decision will be his own as there doesn’t appear to be a groundswell of opposition to him continuing in the role despite the defeat by Tyrone, their earliest departure from the Championship in his six-year reign.

Speaking about making the breakthrough, he said: “It’s not easy, but even in our own days it took playing 10 years for Armagh before you won anything. It was just before you were ready to quit when things seemed to change.