Discovering if Donegal still have title-winning credentials

When assessing teams and players, a wise man once told me to "trust what you see".

The basic gist of his guidance was that too many people don’t believe their own eyes. Rather than using the evidence of what happens on the pitch, they allow tradition, reputations and ‘expert’ opinion to cloud their judgment.

It’s like the naked emperor. The conditions for that story continue to exist. If a team ran onto Croke Park in the nude, there are still those who wouldn’t believe what was happening until it was confirmed to them by the TV pundits at half-time.