Mickey Harte will urge his squad to take one game at a time rather than focus their attention on winning the McKenna Cup for a fifth successive time this year. Ahead of his side's opener in the competition this weekend against UUJ, Harte says getting through to the penultimate round of the competition is his priority. "The aim is not to retain the cup, but firstly to qualify for the semi-final," Harte declared. "It gives us two angles, it keeps us in the competition, and it gives us a further competitive match in January, which is very important as we prepare for the league. "That's the most important thing, to try and make the cut for the semi-finals and try and get the fourth game. "We have players in the squad now, and we have to make decisions on the squad, and those decisions are better made based on competitive matches rather than anything else." Tweet

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