Monaghan will travel to Omagh for their Division 1 opener against Tyrone on Saturday week and star forward Conor McManus can't wait for the ball to be thrown in.

The Clontibret ace is enjoying his football at the moment and hopes the Farney County can make an impression in the top flight in the coming months.

"Every year you go in thinking and hoping you can win something but I think it is more a sign that the boys that are there are enjoying their football," the former All-Star remarked to The Irish Times.

"We have a few older guys like Owen Lennon, Dick Clerkin and Vinny Corey who are playing county football 12, 13, 15 years.

"After the rough patches we went through two or three years ago, we have had a fairly good last two years.

"When you are enjoying it and things are going relatively well and you are fit to play on then I suppose they are thinking 'why not.'"

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