Meath bed in the blanket defence

  All-Ireland SFC Round 2A Meath 0-14 Sligo 1-9 
Meath bed in the blanket defence
Mon, 03 Jul, 2017 - 01:00
Paul Keane

A smile flickered across Mickey Burke’s face last week when the Meath defender was asked if they were doing anything different for the visit of Sligo.

The question was set in the context of the 5-25 they’d conceded across two games against Kildare and Louth.

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GaaSligoMeathPlace: SligoPerson: Mickey BurkePerson: BurkePerson: Mick O’DowdPerson: Andy McEnteePerson: Mickey NewmanPerson: Sean TobinPerson: Niall CarewPerson: McEnteePerson: MeathPerson: NewmanPerson: TobinPerson: David KellyPerson: James ToherPerson: CarewPerson: Stephen CoenPerson: Brian ConlonPerson: Graham ReillyPerson: D. LenihanPerson: S. TobinPerson: M. NewmanPerson: G. ReillyPerson: C. O’SullivanPerson: R. JonesPerson: J. McEnteePerson: S. McEnteePerson: G. O’KellyPerson: LynchPerson: A. MarrenPerson: N EwingPerson: P. HughesPerson: N. MurphyPerson: D. KellyPerson: P. O’RourkePerson: D. KeoganPerson: C. McGillPerson: M. BurkePerson: P. HarnanPerson: B. PowerPerson: B. MentonOrganisation: MeathOrganisation: SligoOrganisation: KildareOrganisation: LouthOrganisation: Dublin
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