Tyrone secretary Dominic McCaughey has launched an astonishing attack on the county's senior hurlers, branding them as a "lazy group".

In his report to next weekend's county convention, McCaughey reflects on a "depressing" season for the Red Hands hurlers who lost nine out of 10 competitive games this year.

He said: "The statistics associated with the activities of the Tyrone senior hurling team for 2010 make very depressing reading: playing 10 games, won one and lost nine.

"Behind the statistics the lack of activity was even worse, while at the same time, not being much different from many other recent years. The difficulties can best be described as circular. Players do not wish to undertake training, laying the blame on the quality of managers/trainers that are available.

"As players do not wish to train, the message going out to potential managers is that Tyrone hurlers could be classified as a lazy group, and therefore self-respecting managers do not wish to become involved.

"Players that do not train, or do not train together as a panel, cannot play as a team or be classified as a team, they cannot seriously expect to win games."

McCaughey praised manager Tony Fawl whose dedication to the job, he says, ensured that Tyrone were able to fulfil all their fixtures. Tweet

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