Friday 11 April 2008

Good luck to McGuigan and Beano

Delighted to see Brian McGuigan make his first start in two years in the Tyrone jersey this weekend.
The Ardboe man has had a torrid time in the last two seasons with a double leg break and then a horrific eye injury.
His fightback has been a hard road and I suppose we all wonder will he ever be able to reproduce the form he displayed as Tyrone won two All Irelands with him pulling the strings from centre half forward.
His value to his county was shown particularly in 2005 when his return from Oz coincided with a return to form for a Tyrone side, which never recovered in 2004 from the untimely death of its captain Cormac McAnallen.
McGuigan was inspirational as the Red Hands defeated Armagh, Kerry and Dublin en route to All-Ireland glory.
Another man on the comeback trail is Laois’ Beano Casey who played some great football under Mick O’Dwyer before falling to a horrific leg injury two seasons ago.
He struggled last season to recapture his form but Laois are going down and they could be doing with a player like McDonald come the championship.
If either of these two great forwards and McGuigan really is one of the stars of the game ever think they need a bit of inspiration they could do worse than think about Brian Mullins who fought back from a car crash where it was feared he may never way again.
Not only did he walk again but he was the driving force behind the Dublin team which won the 1983 All Ireland.

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