As you saw 3 full times underage couches in meath. The gaa and sports council fund 100 in Dublin. There's your answer and the gap will get wider as long as Dublin get all the funding to develop underage.
But in reality we're not that bad. We're the highest ranked leinster team outside of Dublin in the league and we've a decent squad of young players.
The reason were not a bit better is down to management but a good manager would reduce a 20 point Dublin hammering to under 10. If you want to know how we will ever compete with Dublin again the answer is simple, we need to receive similar funding to dublin for underage couching and structures.