Meath manager Andy McEntee isn't without hope ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland minor football final against Dublin.

Odds of 7/1 are available on the Royals to reverse their 12-point Leinster final drubbing by the highly-rated Dubs, who are desperate to make amends for last year's shock final loss to Tipperary.

"Dublin deserve to be favourites, especially in light of their big margin win over us a few weeks ago, but, still the odds don't make sense to me," he said in The Irish News.

"Anything can happen on the day and we certainly won't be going to Croke Park just to make up the numbers. We didn't set out to reach the All-Ireland final, but have achieved an amount and feel we have a sporting chance of upsetting the odds."

McEntee, who was a substitute on Meath's 1988 All-Ireland winning team, is delighted with the way his team has bounced back from their Leinster final collapse.

"We didn't perform anything near what we are capable of in the Leinster championship final, we just didn't do ourselves justice that day," he added.

"If a couple of lads are off form, it can make a big difference. However, it was great that the team got another chance to prove themselves and the display against Ulster champions Tyrone in the All-Ireland quarter-final in Newry was their best of the year.

"Against Mayo we had four goal chances which could have gone in on another day. They didn't, but again the lads kept battling away and were rewarded with two goals at the end. We enjoyed good fortune at the end, but I think we deserved that and it's great to be in the All-Ireland final." Tweet

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