Donegal stutter on to Croker house party

ALL-IRELAND SFC RD4 QUALIFIER:

On a pitch behind the main stand in Carrick-on-Shannon he warned about the cynicism and physicality that has left four of his players concussed in recent weeks and turned his thoughts longingly to Croke Park.

“I don’t think Dublin will play like that,” he said after Justin McNulty’s side subjected them to another episode of survival of the fittest. “I don’t think Kerry will [or] Mayo and I think the championship will open up again for us.”