Tyrone joint-manager admitted that the Red Hands were pleased to avoid a fifth consecutive defeat in Championship football, but stressed they will need to improve again after their narrow two-point win over Armagh in Omagh on Saturday night.
As Ulster and All-Ireland champions, Tyrone bowed out of last year’s Championship with back-to-back losses to Derry and Armagh.
They suffered a last-gasp defeat to Monaghan in the Ulster SFC quarter-final in April before losing out to Galway in their Group Two opener in Pearse Stadium.