Fully fit and enjoying an injury-free run for Donegal, Oisín Gallen is delivering on his potential as Jim McGuinness plots another lengthy championship journey.
It is rather apt that Oisín 'Farrah' Gallen, from a family of legendary Ballybofey barbers, has looked a cut above for Donegal since establishing himself in the team over the last 12 months.
By his own admission – on foot of yet another setback in 2022 – he seriously contemplated a path that didn’t include inter-county football.
Crucially, it was the year the 23-year-old announced himself at the elite level. In a turbulent year for Donegal and the changing of manager mid-season, he made his mark in the group stages. In the round one fixture, he kicked nine of the team’s tally of 11 points. When the draw pitted the two sides together again for the right to play in a county final, Gaoth Dobhair’s strategy focused on keeping a tight rein on the free-scoring forward.
Gallen as much as anyone is doing his bit to propel the club back into a first county final since 2004, while you have to go back to 1977 for the last time they were the kingpins of Donegal football, with Gallen's family rooted in the club. McGuinness has put his trust firmly in a fully fit Gallen with last year’s form carried into this season.
For all the talk of McGuinness demanding huge work-rate from his forwards in tracking back, there is an acknowledgement that Gallen will do his best work closer to the opposition goal.
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