Cavanagh: Defeated Tyrone not at the races

Armagh's six-point winning margin over Tyrone was flattering to the All-Ireland holders who simply weren’t at the races, according to former player Sean Cavanagh.

The Red Hands were sent crashing out of the race for Sam Maguire in a 1-16 to 1-10 qualifier defeat at the Athletic Ground where the hosts dominated for the majority of the contest.

Conor McKenna claimed an early goal for the visitors, but they were on the back foot from there on in.

RTÉ pundit and three-time All-Ireland winner with Tyrone Cavanagh was very disappointed in his teams showing following their Ulster championship defeat at the hands of Derry.

"Armagh were 10 points a better team. We came here today wanting to see whether there was anything left in this team," he said.

"Six points flatters Tyrone. Armagh kicked a lot in the first half, had runners off the shoulder when they needed to.

"In the second half they played on the counter attack very well, ran hard and fought like dogs.

"Any time the ball went into a contest, in most areas of the field, an Armagh man was coming out with the ball. And they had a much better spread of scores.

"They played with ambition and took the fight to Tyrone and fully deserving of the win.

"Tyrone just weren’t at the races."

Seán Cavanagh thinks Armagh's six-point winning margin flatters his native Tyrone. Updates - https://t.co/sUYPh0jA3U