Jim’s Dublin warning scotched

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness claimed Dublin’s attacking approach would be “murdered” during summer’s championship, according to Joe Brolly.

The controversial pundit alleged McGuinness told him last spring, at a time when Dublin were still fine-tuning their offensive game plan, that Jim Gavin’s philosophy wouldn’t survive championship warfare at GAA HQ.

Brolly, addressing the GAA Games Development Conference at Croke Park on Saturday, admitted to sharing McGuinness’ sentiment, labelling Gavin’s approach as “kamikaze”.