Tipperary secretary Tim Floyd is confident that John Evans will remain on as senior football manager, despite Croke Park blocking his appointment as Director of Football in the Premier County.

Tipperary officials had hoped that the Kerry native would be able to combine his role as football manager with the newly-created full-time position, but their plans were shot down earlier this year by the GAA authorities. However, Floyd doesn't believe this development will impact on his continuation as football boss.

"Obviously, John and ourselves had hoped that he could do both jobs, but we have to accept that won't be sanctioned by Croke Park," Floyd said in the Irish Examiner.

"But despite that, we're still hopeful that John will remain on as manager of the county football team for at least another 12 months.

"He has accomplished a huge amount for Tipperary football in the three years he has been with us, and hopefully we will continue to have the benefit of his enthusiasm, drive and expertise for some time to come."

The county secretary continued: "We won't be doing anything about the team management for all our county teams until after the All-Ireland (hurling) final (against Kilkenny on September 6)," he pointed out.

"So no doubt, after that, we'll be talking to John about the situation regarding next year. We're still optimistic that football can be considerably strengthened in the county as we already have five full-time people engaged in the promotion of the game - one Games' Development Manager, and four Games' Development Officers." Tweet

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