16-03-2025
Tyrone have 'fighting chance' of staying up - O'Rourke
Tyrone manager Malachy O'Rourke said that his side have a "fighting chance" of staying in Division One after their 0-25 to 0-19 win against a second victory of the season, O'Rourke's side remain in the relegation places and must avoid defeat against Dublin to have any chance of staying up.O'Rourke was keen to praise his side for getting the job done against an under strengthened Donegal which takes the fight to avoid the drop to the final day."That's all we wanted. We knew when Donegal picked their team that they hadn't picked their full team, and it was a no-win situation for us in many ways," he told BBC Sport NI."We just had to get the two points and that's what we did, just glad to get out of it and that leaves us in with a fighting chance next week hopefully."Tyrone have a better scoring difference than Armagh, who also have five league points, but remain in the relegation positions due to the All-Ireland champions' win over them in round take on already relegated Derry in their last game, who are set to ring the changes after their boss Paddy Tally said their focus was now on preparing for the Ulster Championship.O'Rourke stressed that the Red Hands will focus on getting a result against Dublin in Omagh next weekend rather than worrying about Armagh's game."We'd like to stay in Division One, but if we win next week – and that's a big if – that would mean we have five points out of the last six and that would be a good win to finish the league," he explained."It's an unforgiving division, this year more than ever. If we happen to get seven points and still get relegated, that would be tough. All we can do is concentrate on getting the couple of points."
