Tyrone 'need more muscle'

ANOTHER year of disappointment for Peter Canavan and Tyrone leaves their supporters and everyone else wondering when, if ever, they will deliver on their promise.

Former Armagh joint manager Brian Canavan, who had more than his share of heartbreaks before entering retirement, has no doubt Tyrone's lack of physique cost them dearly this year, both in Ulster and in Sunday's All-Ireland qualifier against Sligo.

"The big difference when you come to Croke Park is you need physical strength and Tyrone just don't happen to have that,'' he says. "They have plenty of good young players who are fit to run and all the rest. But they haven't enough physical strength in the key areas around the middle of the field, half-back line, half-forward line.