Seamus McEnaney believes his Wexford side will be coming up against one of the best forward lines in the country when they welcome Monaghan for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier at Innovate Wexford Park. 

McEnaney managed the Farney men from 2005 to 2010 and led Meath to victory over them in the National League in 2012, but this weekend will see him trying to orchestrate a championship win over his native county for the first time and he knows better than most that they'll be coming up against one of the top players in the game in Conor McManus.

"The reality is Monaghan started very well against Down the last day, they just didn't execute all their opportunities, but that's still one of the best forward lines in the country with the best forward: Conor McManus. I would class him as the best forward in the country," said McEnaney.

"I've managed him, I've watched him, I know him well and over the period of the last three years he has been the best forward in the country.

"I probably have managed 12 of their panel from my time in Monaghan. People say maybe I have a benefit, but the reality is I was never looking at those players wondering how another team would beat them, we were always concentrating on beating the opposition.

"I would take myself out of this equation and say it's the worst possible draw Wexford could have got. There's a huge gap there between Division 1 and Division 4 and we've already seen what happened when Westmeath, who would have beaten us in the Division 4 final, went up against Dublin."

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