Fresh thinking stirs new Tyrone into a potent cocktail

The thirst for tragedy will demand that Mayo’s final meltdown commands much of the analysis, but truly this was an All-Ireland masterclass from Messrs Logan and Dooher

Tyrone joint-managers Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan lift the Sam Maguire Cup. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Tyrone. They’d mind mice at the crossroads, wouldn’t they? Live under a sparrow’s wing. There may be all manner of reference points from where Saturday’s fourth All-Ireland title, came from, from June’s mauling in Killarney to the whole Covid conundrum.

But in the art - and that it is - of delivering the best of themselves in the most intense crucible, frankly this was peerless.