Padraig Hampsey wants Tyrone to use their recent Division 1 defeat by Armagh to spark their 2022 campaign into life.
The game between the fierce local rivals finished in a melee which resulted in five red cards – four of them for Tyrone – as Armagh ran out with a four point win.
Tyrone have taken just a single point from their two League games to date after drawing with Monaghan, but they’re looking to add to that when Kildare come to Healy Park next Sunday.
Hampsey said: “We haven’t had a great start to the League but hopefully off the back of the defeat to Armagh we can ignite a spark again and get going.
“It’s a very condensed season, a real tough League before the Championship even starts.
“So we’ll have a couple of tough games over the next couple of weeks.
“Our big aim at the minute is to stay in Division 1 and then we’re into the Championship in eight or nine weeks’ time against Fermanagh.
“It’s going to be a busy schedule and games are coming thick and fast.”
Tyrone certainly have plenty of ammunition to get them going again.
The four players red carded – Hampsey, Kieran McGeary, Michael McKernan and Peter Harte – were down at Croke Park last night as they bid to have their bans quashed.
Armagh had just Gregory McCabe sent off after the late flare-up.
“It’s a hard one to take where Tyrone ended up getting four red cards and Armagh ended up getting one,” said Hampsey.
“We probably feel a bit done on it that way. Look, it is what it is.
“David (Gough) has seen what he has seen and his linesmen and umpires have seen what they seen.
“We just want to voice our opinion.”
Even before the four red cards, Tyrone were already short of experienced quality after the loss of five players in the off
season – Tiernan McCann, Mark Bradley, Michael Cassidy, Ronan O’Neill and Hugh Pat McGeary.
None of the five were regular starters in last year’s Championship, so Hampsey (27) can understand their decisions.
“It’s tough to let those lads go because they played a huge part in getting us to where we are today, and they are missed around the panel. They did the jersey proud.
“The commitment and sacrifice is massive and you can see where lads aren’t getting the playing time, their reasons behind stepping away. So you can’t fault them.
“There’s maybe bigger things outside of football whenever you are not getting much playing time, so you can’t blame them for that.”
