McEnaney’s miserable Royal reign continues

SEAMUS McENANEY’S stock was already low in Meath after the opening three rounds of the Allianz League but it plummeted further yesterday after a dismal display at Páirc Tailteann.

The Monaghan man had taken a scalpel to the side which performed so poorly in the round three defeat to Antrim in Belfast two weeks ago but, if anything, this was worse. Much worse.

Meath managed just one point from play in the first 65 minutes. Not one of their much-vaunted forwards managed to raise a flag from anything other than dead balls and yet that is the least of their concerns. Men like Joe Sheridan and Shane O’Rourke will surely come good but the concerns further back the pitch — at centre-back and midfield in particular — offer far less room for encouragement.