Tyrone joint-manager Brian Dooher, right, and coach Joe McMahon, left, with Kieran McGeary before the All-Ireland SFC round 3 match at Glenisk O'Connor Park in Tullamore, Offaly. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile Securing home advantage in next weekend’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final was ‘extremely important’ according to Tyrone team manager Brian Dooher. The Ulster side have now won two games on the spin in the round robin race for Sam Maguire.
The efficiency of their four-point win over previously-unbeaten Cork in Tullamore on Saturday, suggests they will prove formidable opponents in Omagh. “Everybody wants to play on their home pitch and to have everything that comes with that. But it was just about getting a performance, getting a win, and moving on to the next step.
Whoever that is next week, we'll have to just deal with it. There’s nothing easy from here on,” he admitted. Tyrone’s fate could hinge on whether they persuade the authorities to overturn a red card on midfielder Conn Kilpatrick.
“It was disappointing. I don’t know what happened, so we'll look at it and see what the incident was. But it’s definitely disappointing to get someone sent off because it always gives you an uphill battle, especially going into this time of the season.
“We’re into sudden death from here on so you need your full panel of players available. It’s something we could do without, to be honest." Dooher suggested that the absence of Cork captain B.
