Tyrone joint-manager Feargal Logan says they will study video footage of Sunday’s derby defeat before deciding on whether to appeal their four red cards.
Tempers spilled over at the end of the game with referee David Gough brandishing red cards to Michael McKernan, Padraig Hampsey, Peter Harte and Kieran McGeary as well as Armagh’s Greg McCabe.
The Orchard County claimed a 2-14 to 0-14 win in the Athletic Grounds with first-half goals coming from McCabe and Jason Duffy.
The victory for Kieran McGeeney's men comes off the back of last weekend’s impressive defeat of Dublin, while the All-Ireland champions have just one point from a possible four following their opening day draw with Monaghan.
The Red Hands could be without the aforementioned quartet for the visit of Kildare to Healy Park on Sunday, February 20, unless Tyrone launch a successful appeal against the red cards.
“It is not an easy job refereeing heavy games like that,” remarked Logan.
“David Gough is a good referee, clearly.
“We’ll have to watch the video. Maybe the row was so imbalanced that it turned out that way. If you look at the very basics of it, you are going to look at the balance of all that.
“Maybe that’s for another day - today we just have to lick our wounds and commend Armagh for playing so well in the first half.
“They are a good, solid team who have clearly worked hard and are very hungry. We’ve got to say well done to Armagh.”
A solicitor by profession, Logan has often been his county's go-to man when it comes to appeals to Croke Park, even before being involved with Tyrone as joint-manager with Brian Dooher.
When it was put to him that the crowded nature of the unsavoury brawl might make it difficult to clear players of any wrongdoing, Logan replied: “The procedures and the checks and balances that are in place have proven year-on-year to be very fair.
“We will be studying it hard. The beauty is that there is video evidence there. I’ve no doubt that those in authority will deal with it in a fair and balanced basis and we’ll see where that takes us.
“It is going to take cool heads in calm rooms to try and study this thing.”
