Meath manager Robbie Brennan. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach / Sportsfile
Expectation comes with the territory when a team makes vast improvements in a short space of time and Meath football boss Robbie Brennan knows that the shoe is on the other foot this year.
The Royals went into last year with little fanfare, but Brennan quickly turned the tide after taking the reins from Colm O’Rourke, and they picked up massive championship wins over Dublin, eventual All-Ireland champions Kerry and Galway in a roller-coaster summer.