Galvin urges Mickey Ned to stick with the Shannonsiders

LIMERICK football supremo John Galvin has urged Mickey Ned O’Sullivan to continue at the helm for another term.


The towering midfielder has confirmed that he won’t be retiring from the inter-county scene and urged manager Mickey Ned and coach Donie Buckley to remain in charge of the Shannonsiders.
This Wednesday night the August monthly meeting of the Limerick Football Committee was to take place in the Woodlands House Hotel in Adare and the position of Limerick senior football manager was to be discussed, but without making any final decision.
“I am going to give it one more lash,” confirmed John Galvin who made his Limerick senior football debut in 1999.
“I hope we are all back again the same next year.
“I know that no decision is made yet and the County Board are probably waiting for Mickey Ned and Donie to decide on their future first,” said the Croom man.
The debate surrounding the future of Mickey Ned O’Sullivan as Limerick senior football manager was opened after the heartbreaking end to the 2010 season against Cork in the All-Ireland qualifiers.
O’Sullivan and his management team had their term extended by one further season last autumn and that term has now expired.
Kerry’s 1975 All-Ireland winning captain is one of the longest serving inter-county football managers along with Mickey Harte in Tyrone and Monaghan’s Seamus McEnaney whose future is also in the balance after their qualifier loss to Kildare.
O’Sullivan was appointed Limerick manager in succession to Liam Kearns in the aftermath of the 2005 inter-county season.
“We have a management team involving about 11 people and it’s going to be a collective decision,” said Mickey Ned O’Sullivan this week.
“Our term is up and it’s up to the County Board as to whoever they appoint. We have to discuss within ourselves whether we are going forward and we also want to talk to the players and the County Board.”
He added: “At the moment it’s all up in the air.
“The graph is still on the way up with this Limerick team,” John Galvin.
O’Sullivan paid tribute to John Galvin and said that his decision not to retire was key.
“Going forward John is vital for this young Limerick team because he is the spiritual leader both on and off the field and he is a vital cog,” said the manager who has served five years at the helm.

Jerome O’Connell