Tyrone played the majority of matches last yr without canavan. In the drawn ulster final and replay. He was wrongly sent off within a minute of coming on in that game. In the dub games also, he wasnt on and look how well tyrone played, and in the subsequent semi he came on and hit the free. I dont think tyrone need to prove they can play without him, cos they have already shown they can. As u say dubnut, opinion is going to lead to arguments. My opinion is that tyrone are the best when they are at full strength, simple as that. Kerry would be second. But on the facts, no matter what the circumstances were last year, kerry are no1 now, with mayo 2nd and so on.