Graham Geraghty has admitted that he hopes to make an appearance against Monaghan.

The Royal County veteran, who doubles up as a selector in Seamus McEnaney's new-look Meath backroom team, admitted in the Independent that he'd be tempted to use his new-found influence to select himself at some stage during Saturday night's NFL Division Two clash with Monaghan at Pairc Tailteann:

"I hope to play myself but we have a few fellas who need game time too so a lot will depend on how the game pans out.

"It's strange being in a room picking a Meath team. You'd be thinking about who needs to play and who deserves a chance but you also want to be there yourself but you'd nearly be afraid to put yourself forward."

And, pointing out that the league is vital in terms of team preparations, the 1999 All-Ireland winning captain reckons Meath aren't as far off the pace as some might believe...

"If you look at Dublin last year, they got to the league final and won the All-Ireland. Cork won the league and the All-Ireland the year before and teams are taking the league very seriously. We'll be looking to carry form through the league and into the championship and we'll take it from there.

"Looking at the last few years we're big outsiders in the championship and that's fair enough. We've a Leinster championship coming up, kicking off with Wicklow, and we'll take that first.

"We have good players. Last year against Kildare we felt we were a little unlucky to lose and Kildare could say they were unlucky against Dublin so it's going to be tight and we certainly wouldn't fear them." Tweet

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