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Mick O’Dowd blasts pundits ‘ripping decent GAA people apart’

Mick O’Dowd fired a parting shot at the “overpaid, inflated egos acting as pundits” as he stepped down as Meath manager after Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier defeat.

Mick O’Dowd blasts pundits ‘ripping decent GAA people apart’

Mon, 11 Jul, 2016 - 01:00

All-Ireland SFC Qualifier Round 2A DERRY 1-14 MEATH 1-11

A frustrating four-year term dogged by injuries to key players which left his team unable to compete with Dublin, the yardstick against which all Meath teams must be judged, was brought to an unremarkable end by Derry in Owenbeg.

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Gaa Football Sport Place: Derry Place: Owenbeg Place: Roscommon Person: Mick O’Dowd Person: Mick O Person: Dowd Person: O’Dowd Person: Meath Person: Niall Loughlin Person: Conor Magill Person: Brian Power Person: James McEntee Person: Jim Gavin Person: Mark Lynch Person: Mickey Newman Person: Graham Reilly Person: Reilly Person: Lynch Person: Christopher Bradley Person: James Kielt Person: Eoghan Brown Person: Chrissy McKaigue Person: Enda Lynn Person: Donal Keogan Person: Paddy O’Rourke Person: Conor McAtamney Person: M Lynch Person: J Kielt Person: N Loughlin Person: C McKaigue Person: E Lynn Person: C Bradley Person: E Brown Person: M Newman Person: G Reilly Person: C O’Sullivan Person: M Burke Person: P Harnan Person: A Tormey Person: T Mallon Person: G McKinless Person: K McKaigue Person: C McFaul Person: B Rogers Person: C Mullan Person: C McAtamney Person: N Holly Person: D Heavron Person: E McGuckin Person: McGuckin Person: Brown Person: E Bradley Person: Holly Person: Forrester Person: Rogers Person: L McGoldrick Person: Mullan Person: P O’Rourke Person: S Lavin Person: D Keogan Person: D Tobin Person: D Smyth Person: A Douglas Person: H Rooney Person: C O’Brien Person: B McMahon Person: D Lenihan Person: E Wallace Person: McMahon Person: D McDonagh Person: Newman Person: Lenihan Person: S Tobin Person: Keogan Person: Paddy Neilan Event: All-Ireland Event: All-Ireland SFC Qualifier Organisation: GAA Organisation: Dublin Organisation: Derry Organisation: Meath Organisation: Royals Organisation: Leinster

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