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Mickey urges Louth not to lose ‘Harte’
from 17-05-2023
By Paul Byrne
Louth manager Mickey harte urged his players to dust themselves down and get ready for the next challenge following his side’s chastening defeat at the hands of Dublin in the Leinster Senior Football final in Croke Park last Sunday. Dublin retained their title thanks to a 5-21 to 1-15 point victory over the Wee County.
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After a promising start for Louth with Sam Mulroy looking lively early on, Dublin reeled off 1-10 without reply between the 15th and 32nd minutes to put the game beyond Louth. Dublin led 1-12 to 0-6 at half-time and extended that lead in the second half as they scored four unanswered goals to seal an emphatic victory.
Louth now go into the Sam Maguire Cup Group 1 with Mayo, Kerry and Cork with a game against the Rebel county first on the list in Pairc tailteann in Navan the weekend after next. harte alongside his assistant Gavin Devlin must now lift his troops ahead of that crunch game. Speaking after the match Mickey harte said work needs to be done now to restore credibil- ity after the heavy defeat to Dublin.
Above: Louth players reflect after a tough loss against Dublin in the Leinster final. Louth must pick themselves up ahead of a clash in Navan against Cork later this month. Pic Credit: Louth GAA.
Right: Pupils in CBS Primary dress in red and white last week ahead of Louth’s clash with Dublin. Pictured are pupils and teachers Pete Jones, Eimear O’Hare and Petrina Hanratty.
“It’s a lesson we have to learn. It’s a harsh lesson today but you just have to hold your hands up.
I’ve always consid- ered that it’s very easy to look back on a video tape when the game is over and be wonderfully smart. there’s lots of people can do that. It’s not that easy when you’re standing on the line having to deal with it. So, you do what you think is good.
“I’ve been in places before where we got a very poor outcome. It’s not the end of the world.
It’s another process of what can you learn from that, how can you adjust it and fix it.
“We haven’t much time because the group that we’re in now doesn’t really possess second rate teams either so we have a lot of thinking to do, a lot of preparation to do to try and grab back some credibility of having the right to be in this level of the Championship,” stated harte.