Tommy Martin: Jim McGuinness is a superhero, but are Kerry his Kryptonite?

Part of Jim McGuinness’ success is in the aura he projects  but on Sunday he faces the county least susceptible to that kind of stuff.

SUPERHERO: Donegal manager Jim McGuinness during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship quarter-final. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile.

The last time they met in an All-Ireland final, I remember the exact moment I knew Donegal would lose to Kerry.

It wasn’t when Paul Geaney scored Kerry’s first goal within 60 seconds of the throw-in, or in the 52nd minute when Donegal keeper Papa Durcan kicked the ball straight to Kieran Donaghy for Kerry’s second goal or deep into injury time when Colm McFadden slapped the ball onto the base of the Kerry post for what would have been the equalising goal.