Tyrone great Peter Canavan believes the Red Hands need a win against Offaly tomorrow evening (6pm) to avoid “serious relegation trouble” in Division 2 of the Allianz Football League.

Malachy O’Rourke’s side slipped to their second loss of the campaign at the hands of Leinster champions Louth last Sunday and now get set welcome the Faithful men to Dungannon in a bid to earn their second win.

Speaking on the RTE GAA podcast, two-time All-Ireland winner Canavan says the three games which Tyrone have dropped points in thus far have been “very disappointing from a number of counts”.

"Definitely the chance of promotion is gone," he stated. "When you look at Cork on eight (points), Meath and Derry on six (point)... two of those three will definitely go through.

"(Tyrone) have to win against Offaly, otherwise they could be in serious relegation trouble. If they beat Offaly it's them on five points.

"From a Tyrone perspective, there's a few people getting carried away with the result (against Louth). The fact of the matter is Tyrone had the winning of the game in their hands. They'd a decent first half and with ten, 15 minutes to go they were very much in the game with a strong breeze.

"What's worrying from Malachy's point of view is of the four games they've played to date, going into the last seven or eight minutes in three of those games it was up for grabs. And in those three games they didn't see the game out, they didn't win it. That's very disappointing from a number of counts."

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