Ex-Dublin manager and player Tommy Carr has criticised his former Meath opponents for not putting their shoulder to the wheel in an attempt to resuscitate the Royal County's footballing fortunes.

Carr was a guest on Sunday Sport on RTE Radio 1 yesterday along with two-time Meath All-Ireland winner Bernard Flynn.

In reaction to Meath's 1-6 to 0-15 defeat to Cavan on Saturday evening, Carr observed: "Bernard made the point that somebody needs to do something about Meath football, but none of his peers of that time have done anything.

"I know that they're experts and analysts but they haven't done anything for Meath football. It's easy to stand by and criticise."

In response Flynn remarked: "There are three players I played with, Sean Kelly, Colm Brady and Trevor Giles, three good coaches, they're involved and Mick O'Dowd is a good young manager too.

"They need time, Meath don't have the players that Dublin or Donegal have at the moment, we're not at that level at all. The lads will be disgusted with the performance, there was a lack of heart and a downright poor attitude on the field.

"Would we like to see Gerry McEntee or Colm O'Rourke there? I personally would have loved it if McEntee had stepped up."

Carr didn't subscribe to Flynn's theory about Meath not having the players.

"One of the reasons that Meath don't have the level of players that Dublin have is because they haven't put in the work at underage level.

"It's too easy and it's too lazy to sit back and say, 'We don't have the players'. Dublin have made the players, they have put the resources into the players and so have other counties but there are too many counties that haven't.

"This also chips in with this argument about splitting Dublin, but let the other counties bring their standards up, let them put in the resources, let them develop the players, but don't be looking to split a county that has put in the effort and put in the time.

"That's an easy way out for anybody who sees Dublin as bring too successful, and Leinster doesn't necessarily need Meath, that's just a nice catch-cry, there are plenty of other counties willing to put in the time and the effort, and for that they'll get their reward." Tweet

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