Offaly star Cormac Egan is hopeful that the Faithful men can earn their first win of the Allianz Football League campaign when they take on Tyrone this Saturday evening (6pm).

Declan Kelly and Mickey Harte’s side head for Dungannon looking for their first points in the Division 2 table, having suffered losses to Louth, Cork and Derry respectively thus far.

Speaking at the launch of the Dalata Hotel Group U20 football championship this week, Egan says it’s up to the group to try and bounce back from the heavy loss they suffered at the hands of the Oak Leafers last time out.

“There's no denying we have a bit of a crisis with injuries at the minute, but we have tried to just focus on the positives,” the Tullamore clubman is quoted saying by GAA.ie.

“A lot of lads are getting exposed to high level football and making their first competitive starts. That can be a bit tough because it can be a baptism of fire for lads who are just getting thrown in but it will stand to us in the future.

“I think in these situations if the team stays together no matter what is being said outside the camp, you will be in a good place when things do break and we’ll have a very strong panel when all the lads do get back.

“It is quite a tough time in terms of losing four games in a bounce but we just have to try and focus on what is going well. There is lots of young guys standing up to the mark.

“The match against Derry was probably the outlier because before that we were competitive against Cork and Louth.

“Hopefully we can get back at it against Tyrone Saturday. We can either lie down and give up or just constantly keep trying to push on.”

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