Mickey Harte has postponed cutting his panel until the after the first two rounds of the National League.

The Tyrone manager admitted earlier this week that he has some tough calls to make regarding who to leave in and who to leave out of his National League squad. The task of trimming the panel has been made all the more difficult for the Tyrone manager by some sparkling displays by his McKenna Cup rookies.

But he has decided to delay reducing his squad, which means the new faces will have another five weeks to catch the manager's eye.

"It's probably so difficult that I dare say we won't be able to pick our league panel for the start of the league," he said.

"We'll probably play the first two games based around the squad that we have, and sees who's come back from injury. Then there's a three-week break, and we'll probably have to go and use that three-week break to try and fine-tune the panel for the remainder of the league.

"You think you're getting somewhere, and then you're not getting anywhere, because people are not so good maybe one night, and they excel the next night." Tweet

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