Royal Meath Minor Footballers 7/1 odds to beat Dublin

 

Royal Meath Minor Footballers 7/1 odds to beat Dublin
Meath manager Andy McEntee isn't without hope ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland minor football final against Dublin.

Odds of 7/1 are available on the Royals to reverse their 12-point Leinster final drubbing by the highly-rated Dubs, who are desperate to make amends for last year's shock final loss to Tipperary.

"Dublin deserve to be favourites, especially in light of their big margin win over us a few weeks ago, but, still the odds don't make sense to me," he said in The Irish News.

"Anything can happen on the day and we certainly won't be going to Croke Park just to make up the numbers. We didn't set out to reach the All-Ireland final, but have achieved an amount and feel we have a sporting chance of upsetting the odds."
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The statistics and the formbook suggest that Meath will only be going to make up the numbers, to act in a supporting role as Dublin continue on their way towards a predictable All-Ireland MFC title at Croke Park on Sunday?

The minor game will hardly even warrant too much attention and with a 1.15 throw-in will be well out of the way by the time the main business of the day starts between Mayo and Donegal in the SFC decider at 3.30.

Twice this year already Dublin have beaten Meath in finals. Once in the back yard of the Royals in the Leinster MFL decider at Páirc Táilteann way back in March by four points (2-10 to 1-9) and then in the Leinster MFC final at Croke Park by a massive 3-17 to 1-11.

Meath manager Andy McEntee and his selectors are well aware of the challenge facing Meath on Sunday as they once more venture into Croke Park, a venue where they manufactured a 'great escape' at the end of August with a 2-10 to 1-11 semi-final victory over Mayo

http://www.meathchronicle.ie/sport/gaa/articles/2012/09/19/4012284-royals-ready-to-rock-dublin-in-minor-deciderbr/