McEnaney ready for another campaign

Meath manager Seamus McEnaney has dampened speculation that three of the more senior members of his football panel Brendan Murphy, Nigel Crawford and Anthony Moyles have decided to call time on their inter-county careers. The manager, who was appointed for a three-year term to be reviewed after two years in November 2010, has held meetings with many of the players from this year's panel to discuss his plans for the future and his expections going forward. However, he has yet to meet with several players and that has led to speculation that some of the panel have decidied that now is the right time to consider retirement. "Rumours that players have retired is pure media speculation with no foundation," McEnaney told the Meath Chronicle and he also hinted that he will willing to continue in his role as Meath manager. "Most parts of the jigsaw are coming together right now. I was very happy with the meetings I had with the players and I was pleased with their response. "I have attended quite a few league games as well as junior, intermediate and senior championship matches over the last three weeks with a view to seeing if there are any more players we need to have a look at and I have been impressed with several players. "We are looking to get every piece of the jigsaw in place before the next Co Board meeting on Monday 12th September. "If we can do that then it would be my intention to keep going and it would be looking very positive that I will continue as manager until a review which is due in 12 months," concluded McEnaney. There have been calls for McEnaney to attend the next Co Committee meeting at Aras Tailteann to outline his plans for the coming year. It has been widely reported that the vast majority of the players under McEnaney's stewardship would be happy to see the Monaghan remain at the helm and last week Brian Farrell called for continuity for the sake of Meath football. "I think I'm after playing under about six different Meath managers and I've only played for Meath seven years," said the Nobber player. "I just think it needs some form of stability, one way or the other, not to be changing managers every year. "It's very difficult the way football's gone, it's gone so professional now, it's very hard to create and implement a plan and get your players in the shape you need in eight or nine months. "You need a longer period than that. I would definitely like to see some form of continuity. "No matter what happens they (McEnaney and his management team) have raised the bar in terms of preparation, brought it to a new level. "We would only have had bits and pieces of it before where as this year it was very professional," concluded Farrell who helped his club Nobber to a shock SFC relegation play-off victory over Trim at the weekend.