Kieran Shannon: There's progress and then there's Jim McGuinness progress

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness, left, and Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney after the 2024 Allianz Football League Division 2 final. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
If there’s one word that is most commonly associated with John Cleary’s time over Cork it’d have to be “progress”; time and time again we keep – correctly – hearing that his team are heading or trending “in the right direction”.
There’s John Cleary progress though and then there’s Jim McGuinness progress.