Looking from the outside in, Brian McGuigan says that the 'fun' has gone out of inter-county football.

A recent conversation with his former Tyrone team-mate Sean Cavanagh brought home to the three time All-Ireland winner how much things have changed since his days in the county jersey.

"One thing we always prided ourselves on was that after we played matches we always liked to go for a drink, after a good Championship match, and Sean says that doesn't happen now," McGuigan revealed to The Irish Independent.

"It's back to recovery and into the pool session and going home. Like, there's no spirit at all. Even on the bus, we always would have had great craic, now everyone has their headphones on and there's no talking or communicating at all.

"So I think the fun has gone out of it but if you want to keep up with the best I suppose that's what you have to do."

He continued: "Even what they're eating and drinking at these events is different, it's as if football is everything.

"They were just sipping away at the water and maybe had their own water bottles with them. When the food was set out on the table they weren't eating it, they must have had their prep food with them or already in them."

On the subject of the Red Hands prospects this year, McGuigan added: "I would have said two years ago that Tyrone had gone stale, didn't have the conveyor belt coming through, that Mickey needed to find his voice. How he does it I don't know."

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