Harte staying cool despite Red Hand injury woes

MICKEY HARTE has insisted there is no need to hit the panic button ahead of Tyrone’s Ulster Championship opener against Antrim on Sunday week despite the absence of his two first-choice midfielders due to injury.

Enda McGinley was ruled out of the game at Casement Park prior to last weekend when Aidan Cassidy – the county’s stand-out performer in the league – dislocated an ankle playing for his club on Saturday night.

Both men would have been odds on to start in midfield for the three-time All-Ireland winners who will now turn to Kevin Hughes, Colm Cavanagh and possibly his brother Sean Cavanagh to fill the void in the engine room.