Cavanagh: Watch out for a more physical Tyrone next year
However, he has vowed lessons were learned from that loss and predicted Tyrone will be a more physical outfit next year thanks to the appointment of his former underage team-mate Peter Donnelly as strength and conditioning coach. Cavanagh, who also said Mickey Harte knows the county have to achieve something in 2015 after four barren Championship seasons, lamented how Tyrone players in possession turned back because they didn’t believe they had the power to beat the Armagh players.
“Physicality was another thing we probably were lacking that day against Armagh this year and that’s what annoyed me, that guys were getting thrown around in the tackle a wee bit and it was annoying the talent they have wasn’t coming to the fore. We have Peter Donnelly on board as a strength and conditioning coach. He’s only been in the position for four or five weeks at this stage and you can already see the difference. The guys want to work for him, guys are doing extra sessions on their own.
