Three-time All-Ireland winner Alan Brogan says Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan will never measure up to his Dublin counterpart Stephen Cluxton if he keeps getting distracted by off the ball incidents.

The first-half of last Sunday's Ulster SFC final saw Morgan taunt Down's Darragh O'Hanlon over a clear-cut goal chance the Mourne defender had missed, passing up the opportunity to take a quick kick-out with only a point separating the sides at the time.

Speaking on Independent.ie's The Throw-In podcast today, Brogan said that Morgan, who has spoken about Cluxton's influence on his own playing career in the past, would not be emulating the Dublin number one if he continues to get involved in such "silly" antics.

"The thing about Niall Morgan is that he's talked about Stephen Cluxton over the last couple of years as the guy who he aspires to be," the former Dubs forward stated.

"In fairness to Niall Morgan, he's a very good goalkeeper, he's a very good place kicker, he's very strong on his kickout, but that sort of behaviour is not what you see from Stephen Cluxton and there's a reason for that; and it's that Stephen wants to be emotionless all the time.

"Because he knows his job is so important with the kick-outs, in the same way Niall Morgan's is for Tyrone, and when you're getting involved in that sort of stuff it's distracting your mind from what you should be doing.

"He wants to get his kick-out in four or five seconds, it took him a couple of seconds to do that so he's affecting what his team are trying to do.

"I was surprised at this stage to see him engaging in that sort of stuff, and sometimes it goes on around the field, but for Niall Morgan to be doing it is silly."

Here's a look at the incident from Sunday via Newstalk's Eoin Sheahan:

Always sacrifice a quick kick out to sledge your opponent pic.twitter.com/iikC9SmWLt

- Eoin Sheahan (@EoinSheahan) July 16, 2017

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