Donegal don't train under the manager, they rehearse. Moves are repeated over and over until they are perfected. There have been Saturdays where nine hours of work has been put in by the squad - on and off the pitch
JIM McGUINNESS thinks it was 1991, but he’s not sure. It might have been 1992 - the year he won his All-Ireland medal as an 18-year-old panelist.
“I have it with me at every single training session. All the players know the significance of it, and they wouldn’t be slow to slag me. But it’s special. And I’ll always remember Columba giving it to me.” Neil is now coaching alongside McGuinness. Eamon does bits and pieces in the media, including a column with this newspaper. Think Neil is telling Eamon about what Donegal are doing? Not a chance.
In the All-Ireland series, strong Kerry and Cork teams were beaten as well as a Mayo team who had knocked out the reigning champions, Dublin.The row over the banishment of Cassidy still raged. And Donegal lost their first five games of 2012 - three in the McKenna Cup and their opening League matches against Down and Laois.
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