Sparky says the fire still burns in Tyrone

Mark Donnelly is convinced Tyrone still have the firepower to beat Armagh despite losing some key forwards.

The devastating loss of Sean Cavanagh last week, coming so soon after Kyle Coney, Tommy McGuigan and Ronan O’Neill were ruled out for the season, means there is added responsibility on the remaining forwards to make an impact in tomorrow's Ulster SFC showdown at the Athletic Grounds.

“It was bad news losing Sean on top of the big injury blows we had already suffered, but we have to be positive,’’ said Donnelly. “We still have plenty of experience in Mugsy (Owen Mulligan), Stevie (O’Neill) and Marty (Penrose) and those three I have named are all score-getters too. We used 34 players in the league so everyone got a bit of experience and some boys are going to get a chance to go in there and prove themselves. I still think we can get enough scores to win the game.’’