'TRANSITION' ISN'T AN EXCUSE

Logan: Football panels are revolving doors and ours has been very active for a while

- ORLA BANNON

IN transition or in development?

Assessing where Tyrone are on their journey heading into the 2023 Ulster championship, Feargal Logan feels they are a team in transition but doesn't want that to sound like an excuse.

"Excuses don't get you very far in inter-county football," jokes the joint manager.

As Tyrone get set for Sunday's crunch Ulster championship showdown with Division One rivals Monaghan in Omagh, they will rely heavily on the pedigree of established stars like Peter Harte, Mattie Donnelly, Ronan McNamee, Padraig Hampsey and Darren McCurry.

They'll also have a sprinkling of players with a couple of years under their belts like Brian Kennedy, Conn Kilpatrick and Darragh Canavan.

And then there's the raw talent of the U20 All-Ireland young guns like Ruairi Canavan, Niall Devlin and Michael McGleenan.

So all in all, it looks like a good mix of youth and experience.

"It's a word that has been in my head for a couple of months but I have not articulated it, the word 'transition'," admitted Logan.