Mickey Harte is delighted to have another game in the McKenna Cup after Tyrone beat Fermanagh.

The Tyrone boss sees next Sunday's final against either Armagh or Donegal as ideal preparation for their Allianz League Division 1 opener against Galway the following weekend.

"The most competitive games you get to prepare for the league the better, especially when we're playing in Division 1 because we've got to hit the ground running," he told the Irish News.

"We're away to Galway, we have Dublin coming to us and we're away too to Kildare. They are serious challenges and if you haven't got yourself game-ready for that, you'll find yourself with very few points after three games and that would not be a good place to be a good place to be."

Harte hinted that the Red Hands will field a strong team as they bid to complete a remarkable seven-in-a-row of McKenna Cup successes.

"Finals aren't for experimenting, they're for trying to win and we'll have to be good next week if we want to win the competition again and we do want to win it," he continued.

"We're going for seven and we want to do well, we're in the final and there's a trophy for it. We've always felt that if there's a cup or a competition on, we really should be in it to win it - it's not fair to your players and supporters to go in with any less of an attitude."

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