Modified ‘system’ is now impressive sight to behold

Pull up a seat there and have a little of my humble pie. A year ago I accused Jim McGuinness’s Donegal of dragging football to an all-time low.

They had just been outlasted by Dublin in the most negative war of attrition I’d seen in Croke Park and I feared ‘the system’ would spread like a virus through clubs across the country.

The system was rolled out again in Croke Park yesterday, though it’s a greatly enhanced and modified version that over-ran Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final. Truth to tell, it was very impressive to behold.