Former Wexford captain Keith Rossiter has given Davy Fitzgerald's Model County appointment the thumbs up.

The Oulart-The Ballagh player believes the Clare man has what it takes to transform the county's fortunes on the inter-county stage.

"I'm looking forward to seeing the way he works and how he gets on with the boys, see a bit of a pep in their step again and see how they get on," he remarked to The Irish Independent. "They've a huge carrot there in the championship as well.

"They've the round-robin winners and then move on to play Kilkenny in Wexford Park. What other incentive does Davy want? He's always wanted a good bash at Brian Cody, win a game and you have Brian Cody in Wexford Park, that's huge carrot for the boys."

He sounded a note of caution when adding: "It's going to take his two years.

"He has a huge success rate in his first year with teams but it's going to take a little bit of time with these lads, they're still very young. The average age is very low in Wexford so it's going to be a bit of work.

"If you're looking at goals you're looking at really competing in Division 1B, which we haven't really done in the last couple of years, we need to get out of it at some stage in the next two years and be pushing on in Leinster.

"I don't really look at All-Ireland stages until Leinster is over so Leinster is the big thing. When I was growing up and started with Wexford Leinster finals were taken for granted, fair enough you weren't winning them, but you were playing in them. That day is long gone so it's a matter of getting back there."

 

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