Red Hands need to address goals concession - Donnelly

June 30, 2016

Tyrone's Richard Donnelly and Derry's Gareth McKinless.
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Richard Donnelly says Tyrone need to look at how they conceded three goals in their drawn Ulster semi-final against Cavan.

With the replay taking place this Sunday, the Trillick clubman knows only too well that a similar concession rate would probably see the Red Hands eliminated from the Anglo-Celt Cup race:

"Sometimes we're in possession of the ball and we lose possession at the other end of the field, and that can sometimes lead to a goal, as has often happened," he notes in The Irish News.

"We'll sit down now and look at how the goals happened and how we can address that as a team and as individuals. It's definitely something we need to eradicate going forward, because not conceding goals is something we pride ourselves on.

"Largely, I think our defence dealt with the high ball quite well. It was just a bit of bad luck here and there and it didn't fall the right way. But it could be the lead-up to the goals that could be the problem, so it's something we need to address. They were preventable in a way, but again there was a bit of bad luck involved as well on our part."


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