GAA:Seamus McEnaney has agreed to stay on as Monaghan senior football manager and will seek another three-years with the reappointment expected to be ratified at the county board meeting next Monday.
McEnaney has held the role for six years, making him the second longest serving football manager behind Tyrone’s Mickey Harte, and wants to stay on only if he is given the job for another three years.
"I can't write-off 2010 simply because we didn't perform for 35 minutes against Tyrone in the Ulster final,” said McEnaney.
"In my opinion, Monaghan played their best football by a country mile in 2010. In my opinion, a good football man would notice that. There is no doubt that we played our best football. We improved more in 2010 than we did in any other year.
"We stayed in Division 1, which we hadn't been able to do in 20 years, and we made only our second Ulster final in 22 years."
McEnaney’s future with Monaghan was uncertain after losing the Ulster final against Tyrone then less than a week later they were dumped out of the All-Ireland after their round four qualifier defeat to Kildare.
"I have given six years to this job and I have been very proud of the players who have taken Monaghan from a very low ebb to among the top-eight counties in the country,” he added.
The Corduff clubman has the support of the players and Farney county captain Vincent Corey believes McEnaney is the right man for the job.
"The set-up there is as good as could be. He’s still the best manager in the county to take us forward. It shouldn’t even be an issue if Seamus decides to stay. If he decides to go, he decides to go,” said Corey.
“I was playing for Monaghan six years ago and you were finding it tight to beat the London’s and Leitrim’s. It tells a lot that we are really disappointed at not winning the Ulster title. Five or six years ago, it wasn’t even on the radar."