Joint Fermanagh hurling Manager, Sean Duffy admitted he and his team felt a “bit sick” after Saturday afternoons defeat to Tyrone. 
The game was there for the taking in normal time but the O’Neill county hit 1-01 in injury time, to force extra time which they went on to win.
Reflecting upon the game on Monday evening, Duffy said:
“We felt we left the game behind. 
"If anything we were the better team on the day but we couldn’t close the game out in normal time. 
"That’s our biggest regret. We had Tyrone on the ropes and let them in at the death.”
However, there are positives to take from it too, he says:
“We would be happy with the performance- we could’ve won the game and we know we’re good enough to be playing that standard of hurling all the time. 
"When the lads sit down in a day or so, they’ll see that too.”
Tyrone have held the upper hand with Fermanagh in recent years and the 2012 Lory Meagher final defeat after extra time was a game which was to the forefront of many of the players’ minds going into Saturday’s match. 
For the outcome to mirror the happenings of almost four years ago, added extra salt to the wounds but Duffy believes they’ll get the better of their auld enemy yet;
“We were caught again by Tyrone! 
"Unfortunately, it does bring back those memories but on the flip side we could meet Tyrone down the line in the championship. 
"We’d relish that. Sport has a funny way of working out sometimes,” suggests Duffy.
With all eyes already turned to the championship, the Manager is confident Saturday’s defeat will have little effect on his players:
“It won’t be hard to get them picked up for the championship, that’s for sure.”
The players will regroup tomorrow night (Friday) and Duffy says training will consist of “more of the same.”
Tyrone beat Monaghan in the league but Fermanagh will read little into that result. 
With just over a week to go to their Nicky Rackard championship meeting with the Farney men, Duffy is hopeful they can still lure Kevin McGarry back into the fold:
“Kevin McGarry- we haven’t given up on him for the Monaghan game. 
"His father, Kevin Senior, is involved with our backroom team so he will speak to him soon and we’ll see what happens.”
There are also concerns over Eoin Mahon who broke his finger in training last week and missed the Tyrone game as well as Shea Curran who sat out the game with a hamstring injury. 
Their availability will be reviewed over the coming days