Harte at his lark

They don't come much smarter than Mickey Harte. The old fox is already at the mind games around Brian McGuigan asking the Tyrone public to give him a chance to get him back to full fitness.
The Ardboe man played ten minutes on Saturday against Laois but Harte is trying to dampen down the expectations around McGuigan who has been out two years with a leg break and a serious eye injury.
Of course Harte is right to protect his player but he knows as well as the rest of us that Brian McGuigan is more important to the Tyrone forward line than any other player in the squad.
A fit McGuigan transforms them from also rans into potential All-Ireland champions.
Harte knows that but wants his team to slip quietly back into the reckoning. Whatever way it goes I hope McGuigan can once again entertain us in the way that only a great player can, they are few and far between.