Gilroy happy with extra week to get walking wounded ready

PAT GILROY has admitted he will be using the extra week’s break to get his players over persistent injuries.

The Dubs are in limbo waiting on the result of tomorrow’s qualifier clash between Roscommon and Tyrone at Croke Park before finding out who they meet in the remaining quarter-final on Saturday week.

“We can only take the positives out of the fact we’ve to wait an extra week. Under the circumstances, Philly McMahon, Ross McConnell and Michael Darragh Macauley have a chance of playing now because of the extra week,” he said revealing that injury will continue to rule out Eoghan O’Gara and Cian O’Sullivan.