Oisín McConville believes Kieran McGeeney has earned the right to decide on his future as Armagh football manager.

McGeeney’s position has come under the spotlight after the Orchard County lost a second successive All-Ireland SFC quarter-final on penalties to Monaghan last Saturday. They also lost this year’s Ulster final to Derry in the same manner.

"If he's willing to go ahead and do it, then he should go ahead and do it," McConville said of his former Armagh team-mate on BBC Sport NI's GAA Social Extra podcast.

"It should be down to 'Geezer' at this stage. Can you really punish a manager for getting beaten on penalties?

"The majority will want change, but I like continuity in a world that just likes to flip from one thing to the next.

"He has lasted 10 years, that tells you he's got a lot of things right. He has done enough for Armagh that he's entitled to make his own decision.

"If the right decision for Kieran is to walk away, then that's what he should do, but he should think about where Armagh were when he came in and where they are now, and I think we're in a much better place.”

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