‘I’ve given it everything... a change of voice, a change of direction will be good’

You were a very long time in the dressing room, Éamonn, was there a reason for that?

I was speaking to the lads, I think it is time for me to move on. I have been in the job for six years. I’ve given it everything I have. I think there are very good foundations there for the future. I think a change of voice, a change of direction will be good. And, I also think by taking me out of the equation, it can remove some of the over-the-top negativity that was coming at the team, which I feel was unfair. When you are preaching about patience about a young group, we didn’t carry through that as a county at all this summer.