Andy McEntee: 'We didn't perform and got badly punished'

DON’T LOOK NOW: Meath manager Andy McEntee adjusts his face mask after the Leinster SFC final defeat to Dublin at Croke Park on Saturday. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The initial word was that Andy McEntee wouldn’t be sharing his thoughts with the media afterwards.

The Meath manager had said plenty already. When the sides disappeared down the tunnel at half-time McEntee and his small band of assistants remained on the turf going though the 35-plus minutes of football that had their team 2-12 to 0-2 in arrears.