Tyrone count the cost of facilitating club scene

MOUNTING injury lists have rarely been a source of mirth but Arizona State football coach John Cooper managed a great line up back in the 1980s when he shook his head and said: “If this keeps up, our team picture this year will be an x-ray”.

Mickey Harte, a known admirer of American sports’ philosophers, would appreciate such gallows humour more than most.

The only thing that has matched his county’s success this past few years has been its attrition rate.