Funnily, Jim McGuinness had warned a couple of weeks back that imitators would find difficulty in matching Donegal, given this is the third year of fine-tuning their system.
If Monaghan heard his warning, they didn’t heed it, for in front of 31,912 supporters they replicated all that is honourable and relentless about Donegal’s style to win their first Anglo-Celt Cup in 25 years.
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