A new era for Tyrone — but will it mean a new style?

While declaring a need for a fresh start, the new management team at Tyrone face many of the same problems that ended the Mickey Harte era, writes Declan Bogue

TALISMANIC FIGURE: Tyrone’s Cathal McShane is tackled by Longford’s Padraig McCormack during the All-Ireland SFC in 2019 at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park. McShane is key to Tyrone’s new approach gelling together, says Brian McGuigan. Picture: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

The end of the Mickey Harte era for Tyrone couldn’t have been more removed from the days when 18,000 would file into Casement Park to watch them play in Dr McKenna Cup games or pack Croke Park for Ulster finals.

It was played out in a Ballybofey quagmire, players skating around the puddles in the cold November rain. The man putting the ball in the net was a Canavan, but Darragh now, not his father Peter.