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Numbers looking good for Banty ahead of vote on his job

Meath officials will meet tonight in Navan to decide on Seamus McEnaney’s position as Royals manager.

THE ODDS ARE looking more and more favourable for Seamus McEnaney as he battles to save his job as Meath manager tonight.

It emerged at lunchtime that the executive of the county committee – which put the motion to club delegates, proposing Banty be removed — should be itself removed id defeated.

It is understood that as many as six of the 10-person group will vote against the motion, with only chairman Barney Allen, vice chairman Conor Tormey and  Central Council delegate Brendan Cummins looking certain to vote for the manager’s removal.

All executive members have a vote each. Banty will need 25 votes against the motion if he is to remain in the job  and a tally of clubs at lunchtime today has revealed that he appears to have the backing of 20. Eight more have yet to reveal their intentions, but if the manager gets the votes of the five or six disaffected members of the executive he looks likely to be safe.

“There is definitely a split at the top table,” one insider told theScore earlier, “a lot of the executive have realised the motion is doomed and are looking to distance themselves from it.

“It’s far from clear-cut; however, if I was a betting man I would be backing Banty to be leading the team into the championship against Wicklow,” he added.

The Meath County Committee and its management committee meet at Páirc Tailteann. We’ll have the news as it happens this evening.

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