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Brian McGuigan: "The one thing that will stand to Mickey is he'll have three weeks to prepare."

'Mickey will have a masterplan and absolute belief'

Brian McGuigan expects Tyrone manager Mickey Harte to come to Croke Park next week with a masterplan to take on Dublin and absolute belief - but warned it may not be enough.

GAA • 25 Aug 18

'It's a big ask but Harte won't be sending his team to Croker to make up the numbers'

All eyes on Harte's plan to stop the marauding Dubs

Mickey Harte will relish the prospect of coming up with a masterplan to thwart Dublin in the All-Ireland final - a plan that if it works will define Harte as the supreme master tactician.

GAA • 21 Aug 18

Mickey Harte embraces Tyrone assistant manager Greg Devlin after their defeat of Monaghan

Flynn: Gaelic football needs Tyrone to stand up to Dubs

Bernard Flynn believes Mickey Harte will do absolutely everything in his power yo make the All-Ireland SFC final competitive - and hopes Tyrone can put it up to Dublin "for the sake of Gaelic football".

GAA • 14 Aug 18

The sides met in the Allianz League final last April

Tomás Ó Sé's All-Ireland semi-final predictions

Tomás Ó Sé runs the rule over this weekend's two All-Ireland football semi-finals and predicts the line-up for September's final showdown.

GAA • 10 Aug 18

Billy Ryan is set for a debut in the Leinster final

GAA team news: Cody hands debut to Ryan

Kilkenny's Billy Ryan is set to make his Championship debut after being named at corner-forward for Sunday's Leinster SHC final against Galway.

GAA • 30 Jun 18

Peter Harte returns to the team following a suspension.

GAA team news: Tyrone ring the changes for Carlow clash

Mickey Harte has named four changes to his Tyrone side for their Round 2 All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Carlow on Saturday evening.

Football • 22 Jun 18

Cian Hanley will make his first senior Championship start for Mayo this weekend

GAA team news: Hanley in for Mayo, three Tipp changes

Cian Hanley makes his first senior Championship start for Mayo in one of four team changes, Clare hurlers named the same starting XV for the trip to Thurles while Dublin hurlers make three changes in personnel

GAA • 09 Jun 18

'You need that bit of gold dust to win Championship games and Tyrone don't have it'

Sean Cavanagh's comments have made life difficult

Tyrone aren't in a great place at the moment, but our Gaelic football columnist doesn't feel that a change in management would help.

GAA • 22 May 18

Mickey Harte's Tyrone suffered a two point loss to Monaghan

McHugh: 'Mickey Harte is really under pressure'

After Tyrone's loss to Monaghan, Martin McHugh believes that Mickey Harte is 'really under pressure'.

GAA • 21 May 18

McConville: Monaghan to end mental block & sink Tyrone

Oisin McConville believes Monaghan will end their "mental block" when it comes to facing Tyrone and dump Mickey Harte's men out of the Ulster Championship.

GAA • 17 May 18

Mickey Harte (L) holds Sam Maguire with Tyrone captain Peter Canavan in 2003

Football's longest-serving manager ready to go again

As he prepares for an incredible 16th year in charge of Tyrone's senior footballers, Mickey Harte is attempting to do what few of even the greatest managers have done before him.

GAA • 03 Jan 18

'What Tyrone were doing this year clearly didn't work against the top teams'

Fans want Mickey to stay, but need a change in style

I think the vast majority of Tyrone football supporters back the decision to extend Mickey Harte's term as manager, though I'd say the fact that it was a three-year extension might have taken people by surprise.

GAA • 06 Sep 17

Mickey Harte has been handed a three-year extension as Tyrone senior football manager

Tyrone extend Mickey Harte's reign for three years

Gaelic football's longest serving inter-county manager will carry on in charge of Tyrone into the next decade.

GAA • 06 Sep 17

The Sunday Game panel were full of praise for Dublin

How Dublin nullified Tyrone's blanket defence

Dublin are back in another All-Ireland final and they've hardly broken sweat. Ciarán Whelan looks at one reason they made it look so easy against Tyrone.

GAA • 28 Aug 17

Recap: Dublin steamroll Tyrone

Read how it all unfolded as Dublin made light work of Tyrone to easily qualify for another All-Ireland final.

GAA • 03 Sep 17

Sean Cavanagh will lead his team out at Croke Park again

Just one change on the Tyrone side to face Dublin

Mickey Harte has made just one change to his Tyrone team for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC showdown with Dublin at Croke Park from the side that beat Armagh in the last round.

GAA • 25 Aug 17

Jim Gavin (r) congratulates Jim McGuinness after his Dublin lose to Donegal in the 2014 semi-final

Jim Gavin has learned the lessons of Donegal in 2014

In 2013 Jim Gavin's Dublin won the All-Ireland in swashbuckling style and they set about the defence of Sam Maguire in 2014 in similar fashion.

GAA • 25 Aug 17

Mickey Harte has led Tyrone to an impressive season so far

Mickey Harte 'happy as could be' in Tyrone role

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte said he is as "happy as could be" as he makes the closing preparations for their attempt to end Dublin's dominance of the All-Ireland Football Championship in their semi-final clash on Sunday.

GAA • 22 Aug 17

Down face Tyrone in the Ulster final for the first time in 14 years

Down manager Burns never lost faith in players

Tyrone and Down will meet in the Ulster final on Sunday for the first time since 2003. Down manager Eamonn Burns is quietly confident ahead of the clash and has his eyes on the prize.

GAA • 14 Jul 17

Galway starting line-up shows two changes ahead of Offaly game

GAA Digest: Galway starting line-up shows two changes

Micheal Donoghue has mixed things up in his forward line ahead of Galway's Leinster semi-final meeting with Offaly.

GAA • 17 Jun 17

Harte and Tyrone 'a bit like Wenger and Arsenal'

Paddy Bradley believes Mickey Harte is under more pressure to deliver an All-Ireland title this year and compares the expectation levels on the Tyrone manager to those on Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

GAA • 29 May 17

The modern rivalry probably started to get going with the infamous 1995 Ulster semi-final

Tyrone have firepower to deal with Derry threat

Outside of the top four or five counties, Tyrone have as good a bunch of forwards as there is about and I expect them to be good enough to win on Sunday

GAA • 25 May 17

Mickey Harte and Brian Cody pictured in 2009

Pressure of sorts on Cody and Harte to deliver

We assess the challenges facing the country's longest serving inter-county GAA managers, Brian Cody and Mickey Harte, as they embark on another championship campaign.

GAA • 25 May 17

Tyrone lost their final three games of the Allianz League campaign

Brolly: Negative Tyrone in decline and need a change

Joe Brolly believes that "ultra-defensive" Tyrone are in decline and says that a player from Mickey Harte's panel told him privately that training with the county team is "depressing."

GAA • 03 Apr 17

Bernard Brogan and James McCarthy are among thise back in the Dublin XV

GAA digest: Big guns return for Dublin

Dublin welcome back the experienced quintet of James McCarthy, Cian O'Sullivan, Paul Flynn, Kevin McManamon and Bernard Brogan for this evening's Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Roscommon at Croke Park (throw-in 7pm).

GAA • 25 Mar 17