McGuinness will ensure Donegal truly test Tyrone

THERE are two reasons why I particularly enjoy meeting Jim McGuinness.

The first relates to the way he appears to be morphing into Daniel Day Lewis. When chatting to him, you’re in the company of the multi-Oscar winner while having a good yarn about football at the same time.

But it’s the conversations about football which hold the greatest appeal. McGuinness really knows his stuff. When he talks, I listen. When I bumped into Jim and Rory Gallagher at half-time in Clones on Sunday, the Glenties man was his usual friendly self, but he was also on guard.