Roscommon boss Des Newton is resigned to being without defender Cathal Dineen for the visit of Tyrone to Hyde Park on Saturday.

Dineen missed the Rossies' brilliant comeback win over Armagh two weeks ago with an ankle injury, and is set to miss out again as the injury has been slow to heal.

There is better news concerning towering midfielder Michael Finneran, however, who has recovered from the injury that prevented him from starting against the Orchard County, while Cathal Cregg and Donie Shine have also shaken off knocks.

"Cathal (Dineen) is still really struggling with an ankle injury and he still hasn't trained on it. He has to be rated extremely doubtful to be in the shake-up to face Tyrone," Newton said in The Irish Independent.

"All the other players have recovered well from the Armagh match. Michael Finneran got a good 25 minutes the last day too which is going to leave him in a lot better shape."