‘Marquee’ Tyrone attackers have suffered under ‘autocratic’ Mickey Harte

Tyrone great Sean Cavanagh claims the county has produced a number of potentially great forwards whose development has been stymied by Mickey Harte’s defensive style.

Cavanagh’s three-time All-Ireland winning colleague Conor Gormley stated last month that Tyrone lack ‘marquee’ forwards, “that real stand-out forward playing for us in there”.

Cavanagh said the reality is that some huge scoring talents have come through over the years but that they’ve been ‘victims’ of Harte’s counter-attacking system, which places a premium on attacking from deep.