Monaghan boss toys with risking Freeman

Eamonn McEneaney has revealed he is tempted to throw Tommy Freeman into battle at Clones tomorrow.

Freeman is supposedly ruled out of Monaghan’s Ulster SFC opener against Antrim because of a tweaked hamstring sustained in a challenge last month. Like captain Darren Hughes, Owen Lennon and Neil McAdam, Freeman has been omitted from the squad for tomorrow’s Ulster quarter-final through injury but McEneaney could yet spring a surprise.

McEneaney admitted: “Tommy is not out totally. I didn’t have him last year because he was away so the fact that he’s here is a bonus.”