A strange claim from Seamus McEnaney.
Wexford’s football manager Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney says that his hurling counterpart Davy Fitzgerald will be “loving” the fallout from his recent eight-week suspension.
Fitzgerald received an eight-week ban for entering the field of play during the league semi-final against Tipperary and won’t be on the sideline for either his side’s Leinster SHC quarter-final against a round-robin qualifier or the potential semi-final clash against Kilkenny on 10 June.
McEnaney, however, feels that the ruling will have the opposite to its intended effect on Davy Fitz and his players.
“Davy would be the last man in Ireland that you could feel sorry for, Davy is well able to handle anything that’s coming to him,” said McEnaney at the launch of the Leinster championships.
“I can tell you, behind all the flak he’s getting, he is absolutely loving it. It’s a dream come true for him.
“He’s going to have to work up in the stand. Do you think that will affect Wexford? No way, it will galvanise them. This will galvanise them. Listen, you fellas (media) know Davy better than I do, you know that this will galvanise Davy’s dressing room. No matter how big the battle is, he’s absolutely loving it.”
‘Banty’ was full of praise for the progress of the Wexford hurlers under Fitzgerald’s regime and feels that can only be a good thing for the county’s footballers.
“I meet him every week, we train together normally on a Tuesday night. He’s a great character. He’s been great for Wexford hurling, he’s raised the whole profile.
“He got them promoted basically after two games, his first two games. I also think with the hurlers going well, it’s helped the footballers. There’s a certain level of competition there that one set of players doesn’t want to see the other set of players streaking off ahead of them.”
