Louth U21s up for Dublin match
March 05, 2010
Louth U21 manager Kieran Maguire
The sides go head to head in the Leinster U21 FC at Dowdallshill on Saturday (2:30) and the Reds boss believes his side have no reason to be intimidated by the prospect of facing the Dubs.
The Metropolitans annihilated Louth in this competition last year but all the signs are that this is a thoroughly different Wee County team. Certainly, their first-round win over Wexford suggests they are a decent side.
Maguire says: "You have to put things into perspective. We are not naive and we do not expect the game to be as easy as the last one.
"But there is something about this team; they have the mental attitude and they certainly will not be overawed by Dublin.
"This might have happened in the last few years, where teams lining out against Dublin would already be mentally three or four points down just because it was Dublin.
"That will not happen with this team as we do not rely on one or two players to play well and win us the game.
"People always think that Dublin are a good team because of what they have done in the past. We will be taking them for what they are now - not what they were." Tweet
