Andy Moran has been appointed Mayo manager and I’m absolutely delighted for him. Obviously I know Andy from having played with him and I know the quality that runs through his veins.

When anyone puts their hand up and wants to go and manage their county, and they get involved in the selection process and get the job, I'm very happy that it has worked out for him.

Of course, we cannot forget Kevin McStay here either. He’s a man who gave an awful lot to Mayo football, and the way his term finished was not something that anyone enjoyed.

Obviously I’m happy that another Mayo stalwart, a great servant gets appointed in the right fashion and has an opportunity to go ahead and do the job. There's been too much talk about Mayo in the last number of weeks and months about how they do their business. I'm glad that this appointment seems to have been done the right way.

SELFLESS

Andy has put in the right sort of preparation, he's got the right sort of experience, and I think now he's in a very good position to go and do the job that he wants to do. He was always going to be a high-level manager. He has a unique personality.

When I was playing with him, he was a manager's dream to play with, from the point of view that he was selfless, he was willing to play. You only have to look at his career to realise that he's played wing-back for Mayo, and he played corner forward for Mayo, and probably anywhere in between. And he was selfless and put himself before the team at all times.

As a day-to-day presence, his enthusiasm was unbelievable. I think I've probably said in the column before that his enthusiasm would kind of piss me off at times, but that's exactly what you want as a manager. That's exactly what Mayo needs.........

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