Mickey Harte says Tyrone owe Donegal a defeat in the championship.

Jim McGuinness' men have got the better of the Red Hands at the semi-final stage of the last two Ulster SFCs and O'Neill County boss Harte admits that May 26th in Ballybofey would be the perfect time to strike back:

"It wouldn't be right in a team affair to take things personally," he tells gaa.ie. "I think collectively, you see it as a collective effort. Collectively, we owe Donegal a defeat in the championship. That goes without saying because the results in the last two years tell us that.

"But it's nothing personal. Nothing personal between myself and Jim McGuinness or anything like that. We're part of a unit, they're part of a unit and we'd like our unit to win this time.

"They've had to play their league matches in the open domain as everybody else has and there's footage there to see how well they're doing. Again, you might say that's not a true reflection of what we're going to see in Ballybofey, but we only have to look at last year's games and we get a fair good idea of what they're capable of.

"I'm sure those capabilities haven't gone or left them. They are very capable of producing that again and I'm sure they'll bring something new to it as well. Because they did from 2011 to 2012, they brought a lot of new things to the game in terms of their offensive strategy, which wasn't as prevalent in 2011. It was very relevant to their win in 2012.

"So I'm sure they will bring some added value to what they had. So we know what they're very good at and I'm sure they'll be able to do that again, and I'm sure there'll be a few surprises there again." Tweet

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