Enda McGinley: Dublin shouldn't tell others to pull their socks up

Enda McGinley believes that some in Dublin need to acknowledge the advantages that they have over other counties following another one-sided Leinster SFC clash with Meath yesterday.

The Boys in Blue are unbackable favourites for a 14th-straight provincial title, with Offaly and then the winners of Kildare and Louth standing in their way.

Yesterday marked a ninth straight championship victory for Dublin against Meath but six-time All-Ireland winner Paul Flynn, speaking on The Sunday Game, suggested that some of the other counties need to make a proper plan to catch the Metropolitans "rather than giving out all the time".

Meath have some major catching up to do on the Dubs, but Paul Flynn believes the Royals have the right people behind the scenes and a successful blueprint to follow.
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There's a discussion to be had about the standard of inter-county GAA more generally in the eastern province, with the demise of the Meath, Offaly and Kildare footballers being matched by a similar fall off from the Offaly hurlers over the last 20 years.

And Flynn says that others need to get their own houses in order if they want to compete at the top level.

"We have to look at the Derry blueprint that's been shown to us," he began.

"They've beaten Dublin in Croke Park. OK, it's a league final... the resources Derry have are both in Kildare and Meath.

"If they both look at themselves and get people in the room to put a blueprint like that in place, they can absolutely go on a journey like that.

"But it takes a long-term vision. It takes getting the right people involved. They have Seán Boylan and Colm O'Rourke in that squad; who else in Meath is going to lead something like that?

"They have the best people that